Increased serum and musculotendinous fibrogenic proteins following persistent low-grade inflammation in a rat model of long-term upper extremity overuse.

PLoS One · 2013 · PMC3756034 · PMID 24015193

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Lastly, grip strength correlated inversely with serum levels of IL-6, TNF-α, TGFB1 and MMP2, and showed a strong trend towards correlating with serum CTGF levels.

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