Elevation of activated protein C in synovial joints in rheumatoid arthritis and its correlation with matrix metalloproteinase 2

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2151-2156

  Buisson Legendre, Nathalie ^a,b   Smith, Sue ^a   March, Lyn ^a   Jackson, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; ACTIVATED PROTEIN C ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; FLUOROGEN; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN C ANTIBODY; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL; SYNOVIOCYTE; TISSUE LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN C; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 3142690433     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20313     Document Type: Article

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