Increased expression of blood mononuclear cell nitric oxide synthase type 2 in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1173-1178

  Glair, E William St ^a   Wilkinson, William E ^a   Lang, Thomas ^a   Sanders, Linda ^a   Misukonis, Mary A ^a   Gilkeson, Gary S ^a   Pisetsky, David S ^a   Granger, Donald L ^a   Weinberg, Brice ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MORNING STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0029831335     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.3.1173     Document Type: Article

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