Task: Answer Verification
Input (English): Question: Is the stimulation of mononuclear cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis to degrade articular cartilage modulated by cartilage itself?
Answer: Cartilage constituents released from mildly damaged cartilage tissue, as may be present during the early events of RA. do not modulate the catabolic activity of RA MNC.
Output (English): no