MSU crystal-recruited monocytes differentiate into proinflammatory M1-like macrophages in vivo. This proinflammatory macrophage phenotype is likely to play a key role in perpetuating inflammation in gouty arthritis in the presence of ongoing deposition of fresh MSU crystals.
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