... MINIREVIEW Molecular aspects of rheumatoid arthritis: chemokinesin the joints of patientsTakuji Iwamoto1,2, Hiroshi Okamoto1, Yoshiaki Toyama2and Shigeki Momohara11 Institute of Rheumatology, ... Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, JapanIntroduction Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflam-matory disease that occurs in about 1% of the ... play key roles in the accumulation of inflammatory cells at the site of inflammation. It is known that synovial tissue and synovial fluid fromRA patients contain increased concentrations of several...