Thrombin in the synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis mediates proliferation of synovial fibroblast-like cells by induction of platelet derived growth factor

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1505-1511

  Ohba, Takashi ^a   Takase, Yuko ^a   Ohhara, Morihiro ^a   Kasukawa, Reiji ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Platlet derived growth factor; Rheumatoid arhtritis; Synovial fibroblast; Synovial fluid; Thrombin

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; THROMBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CELL DIVISION; FIBRINOLYSIS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; THROMBIN;

EID: 0029739779     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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