An angiotensin receptor blocker suppresses monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 production from rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts: Comment on the article by Sagawa et al [2]

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4047-4048

  Iikuni, Noriko ^a   Okamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Kasahara, Mika ^a   Kamatani, Naoyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; OLMESARTAN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVIUM;

ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHEMOKINE CCL2; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 29144468005     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21431     Document Type: Letter

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