Telomerase activity in rheumatoid synovium correlates with the mononuclear cell infiltration level and disease aggressiveness of rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 214-220

  Yamanishi, Yuji ^a,b   Hiyama, Keiko ^a,b   Maeda, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Ishioka, Shinichi ^a,b   Murakami, Tsuneji ^a,c   Hiyama, Eiso ^a   Kurose, Yasuo ^a,d   Shay, Jerry W ^a,e   Yamakido, Michio ^a,b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Second Dept of Internal Medicine

^c Institute of Health Sciences

^d Hiroshima Higher Brain Function Center   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Lymphocyte; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovium; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVECTOMY; SYNOVIUM;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0031886990     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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