RESEARCH - Animal model of RA (KRN-CTM) deepens understanding of the disease

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Animal Model Of Rheumatoid Arthritis (KRN-CTM) Deepens Understanding

Of The Disease

MedicalNewsToday.com

Article Date: 09 Sep 2010 - 0:00 PDT

Current research provides a novel model for rheumatoid arthritis

research. The related report by LaBranche et al, " Characterization of

the KRN cell transfer model of rheumatoid arthritis (KRN-CTM), a

chronic yet synchronized version of the K/BxN mouse, " appears in the

September 2010 issue of The American Journal of Pathology.

Nearly 1% of the population is affected by rheumatoid arthritis, and

women are affected three to five times more often then men. Although

the course of disease varies greatly, daily living activities are

impaired in most affected individuals and after 5 years approximately

33% of sufferers are no longer able to work.

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