Assessment of the efficacy of different statins in murine collagen-induced arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4051-4059

  Palmer, Gaby ^a   Chobaz, Véronique ^b   Talabot Ayer, Dominique ^a   Taylor, Sophia ^c   So, Alexander ^b   Gabay, Cem ^a,c   Busso, Nathalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; ATORVASTATIN; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 6; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUOROBENZENES; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LIPIDS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PYRIMIDINES; PYRROLES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIMVASTATIN; SULFONAMIDES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10444220208     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20673     Document Type: Article

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