Granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulatin
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Ingeborg C. Kowanko; Antonio Ferrante
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is produced in large quantities by synoviocytes in the inflamed arthritic joint and is known to be a neutrophil activator. Neutrophils predominate during acute flares of arthritis and are important mediators of cartilage destruction. In this