The in vitro effects of methotrexate on peripheral blood mononuclear cells: Modulation by methyl donors and spermidine

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1990, Pages 954-959

  Nesher, Gideon ^a,c   Moore, Terry L ^b,c  

^a Division of Rheumatology ^*

^b Immunology and Allergy   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; METHOTREXATE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIBODY-PRODUCING CELLS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LEUCOVORIN; METHOTREXATE; MONOCYTES; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SPERMIDINE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0025352428     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780330706     Document Type: Article

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