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. 2015 Jan 15;125(3):419–420. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-11-609222

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The coagulation fXIII is a crucial determinant of inflammation and bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis in mice. Although reduced inflammation is a common feature between fibrinogen-deficient and fXIII-deficient mice after CIA, reduction of osteoclasts is a unique feature of fXIII-deficient mice. Histologic images are from Figure 5A in the article by Raghu et al that begins on page 427.