Simultaneous analysis of T cell clonality and cytokine production in rheumatoid arthritis using three-colour flow cytometry

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 370-378

  Bakakos, P ^a   Pickard, C ^a   Wong, W M ^a   Ayre, K R ^a   Madden, J ^a   Frew, A J ^a   Hodges, E ^a   Cawley, M I D ^a   Smith, J L ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokine production; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovial fluid; T cell receptor clonality

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNOVIAL FLUID; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0036380822     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2002.01868.x     Document Type: Article

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