Celastrol Inhibits Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Rheumatoid Fibroblast-Like Synoviocyte Invasion through Suppression of TLR4/NF-κB-Mediated Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Expression

• Guoqing Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Guoqing Li, Dan Liu

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

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• Dan Liu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Guoqing Li, Dan Liu

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

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• Yu Zhang,

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

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• Yayun Qian,

  Affiliation Institution of Combining Chinese Traditional and Western Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

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• Hua Zhang,

  Affiliation Institution of Combining Chinese Traditional and Western Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

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• Shiyu Guo,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masataka Sunagawa,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Tadashi Hisamitsu,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yanqing Liu

  * E-mail: yanqingliu126@163.com

  Affiliation Institution of Combining Chinese Traditional and Western Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

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