Involvement of neurotrophins and their receptors in spondyloarthritis synovitis: Relation to inflammation and response to treatment

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1542-1549

  Rihl, M ^a   Kruithof, E ^b   Barthel, C ^a   De Keyser, F ^b   Veys, E M ^b   Zeidler, H ^a   Yu, D T Y ^c   Kuipers, J G ^a,d   Baeten, D ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Rotes Kreuz Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; INFLIXIMAB; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR P75; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNOVITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 27444444365     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.032599     Document Type: Article

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