Removal of hyaline articular cartilage reduces lymphocyte infiltration and activation in rheumatoid synovial membrane

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2184-2189

  Konttinen, Y T ^a   Li, T F ^a   Lassus, J ^a   Waris, V ^a   Santavirta, S ^a   Virtanen, I ^a  

^a BIOMEDICUM HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovial membrane; T lymphocytes; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA D ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HYALIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LYMPHOTOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CELL ACTIVATION; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL MOVEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HLA-D ANTIGENS; HUMANS; HYALIN; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0034795394     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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