Stimulation of hyaluronan synthesis by i
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Yi-Kuei Wong; Kam-Tsun Tang; Jiahn-Chun Wu; Jeng-Jong Hwang; Hwai-Shi Wang
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Hyaluronan accumulation in the retroorbital connective tissue is one of the pathological features of Graves' ophthalmopathy. Interleukin‐1β (IL‐1β) is known to stimulate hyaluronan synthesis in orbital fibroblasts. In the present study, the intracellular signal transduction pathways inv