Human granzyme B mediates cartilage proteoglycan degradation and is expressed at the invasive front of the synovium in rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-61

  Ronday, H K ^a,b   Van Der Laan, W H ^a,c   Tak, P P ^d   De Roos, J A D M ^a   Bank, R A ^a   Tekoppele, J M ^a   Froelich, C J ^c   Hack, C E ^e   Hogendoorn, P C W ^c   Breedveld, F C ^c   Verheijen, J H ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cartilage destruction; Granzyme B; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GRANZYME B; HYDROXYPROLINE; PROLINE; PROTEOGLYCAN; SULFATE; SULFUR 35; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CATTLE; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPE LABELING; JOINT DESTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOGLYCAN SYNTHESIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM;

EID: 0035141039     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/40.1.55     Document Type: Article

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