Androgen receptors in human synoviocytes and androgen regulation of interleukin 1β (IL-1β) induced IL-6 production: A link between hypoandrogenicity and rheumatoid arthritis?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1843-1846

  Khalkhali Ellis, Zhila ^a   Handa, Robert J ^a   Price Jr , Richard H ^a   Adams, Brian D ^a   Callaghan, John J ^a   Hendrix, Mary J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Androgen receptor; Interleukin 6; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synnoviocytes

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; CYTOKINE; ESTRADIOL; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; SYNOVIOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CELLS, CULTURED; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0036731984     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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