Free HLA class I heavy chain-carrying monocytes - A potential role in the pathogenesis of spondyloarthropathies

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 966-972

  Tsai, Wen Chan ^a   Chen, Chung Jen ^a   Yen, Jeng Hsien ^a   Ou, Tsang Teng ^a   Tsai, Jih Jin ^a   Liu, Chiang Shin ^a   Liu, Hong Wen ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Free heavy chain; HLA B27; Monocyte

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1 HEAVY CHAIN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MONOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CELLS, CULTURED; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MONOCYTES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0036246467     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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