Xinghua Guo et al.
International journal of rheumatic diseases, 15(3), 322-329 (2012-06-20)
After the onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), fibroblast-like synoviocytes (RA-FLS) which are specialized types of fibroblasts, become tumor-like, keeping their ability to increase proliferation and invasion. The mechanism of their tumor-like growth is unclear. Fractalkine (FKN), also called CX3CL1, plays