Mast cell activation and its relation to proinflammatory cytokine production in the rheumatoid lesion

Arthritis Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-74

  Woolley, D E ^a   Tetlow, L C ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interleukin 1 ; Interleukin 15; Mast cells; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEGRADATION; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; MEDIATOR; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SYNOVIOCYTE; SYNOVIUM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-15; MACROPHAGES; MAST CELLS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034467018     PISSN: 14659905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar70     Document Type: Article

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