Synovial mononuclear cells consist with T cells which produce high levels of tumor necrosis factor α

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 367-370

  Akatsuka, Hidenobu ^a   Okubo, Mitsuo ^a,b   Ishida, Hironori ^a   Chiba, Katsumi ^b   Imanishi, Kenichi ^c   Uchiyama, Takehiko ^c   Yamamoto, Kazuhiko ^d   Kasukawa, Reiji ^a   Nishimaki, Tomoe ^a  

^a Iizaka Spa Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clonality; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tumor necrosis

Indexed keywords

SUPERANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIOCYTE; SYNOVIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030916026     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01214.x     Document Type: Article

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