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ArticleAnnals of the rheumatic diseases2024

EPO promotes the progression of rheumatoid arthritis by inducing desialylation via increasing the expression of neuraminidase 3.

Gan Wu, Ben Cao, Haige Zhai, Bin Liu, Yuan Huang, Xiaowei Chen, Hanzhi Ling, Sunwang Ling, Shengwei Jin, Xinyu Yang and 1 more

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Article in Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The mMolecular biomedicine · 2026
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  5. Degradation System: Sialidase.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gan Wu *Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Ben Cao *Institute of Autoimmune Diseases, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Haige ZhaiInstitute of Autoimmune Diseases, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Bin LiuInstitute of Autoimmune Diseases, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yuan HuangInstitute of Autoimmune Diseases, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Xiaowei ChenDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Hanzhi LingDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Sunwang LingInstitute of Autoimmune Diseases, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Shengwei JinDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China wjg@wmu.edu.cn yangxy@wmu.edu.cn jinshengwei69@163.com.
Xinyu YangDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China wjg@wmu.edu.cn yangxy@wmu.edu.cn jinshengwei69@163.com.
Jianguang WangDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China wjg@wmu.edu.cn yangxy@wmu.edu.cn jinshengwei69@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0597-021X
Wenzhou Medical University · CNMinistry of Education of the People's Republic of China · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveErythropoietin (EPO) known as an erythrocyte-stimulating factor is increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Nevertheless, the function of EPO in the process of RA and relative mechanism needs to be further clarified.

methodsThe level of EPO in serum and synovial fluid from patients with RA and healthy controls was determined by . Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) mice were constructed to confirm the role of EPO on RA pathogenesis. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of EPO-treated fibroblast-like synoviocyte (FLS) were screened by transcriptome sequencing. The transcription factor of neuraminidase 3 (NEU3) of DEGs was verified by double luciferase reporting experiment, DNA pulldown, electrophoretic mobility shift assay and chromatin immunoprecipitation-quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay.

resultsThe overexpression of EPO was confirmed in patients with RA, which was positively associated with Disease Activity Score 28-joint count. Additionally, EPO intervention could significantly aggravate the joint destruction in CIA models. The upregulation of NEU3 was screened and verified by transcriptome sequencing and qPCR in EPO-treated FLS, and signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 was screened and verified to be the specific transcription factor of NEU3. EPO upregulates NEU3 expression via activating the Janus kinase 2 (JAK2)-STAT5 signalling pathway through its receptor EPOR, thereby to promote the desialylation through enhancing the migration and invasion ability of FLS, which is verified by JAK2 inhibitor and NEU3 inhibitor.

conclusionEPO, as a proinflammatory factor, accelerates the process of RA through transcriptional upregulation of the expression of NEU3 by JAK2/STAT5 pathway.

Indexed as

Arthritis, ExperimentalArthritis, RheumatoidErythropoietinNeuraminidaseSynoviocytesAnimalsCell ProliferationCells, CulturedFibroblastsHumansMiceSTAT5 Transcription FactorSynovial MembraneEPO protein, humanEpo protein, mouseErythropoietinNeu3 protein, humanNeu3 protein, mouseNeuraminidaseSTAT5 Transcription FactorArthritis, RheumatoidFibroblastsSynovial fluidTherapeutics

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PMID38272667
PMCPMC11041559
OpenAlexW4391217011

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