Interleukin-18 receptor expression in synovial fluid-derived fibroblast-like synoviocytes: Comment on the article by Kawashima and Miossec [1]

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2373-2374

  Möller, Burkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL MARKER; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; THY 1 ANTIGEN;

CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG POTENCY; FIBROBLAST; LETTER; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-18; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 3142718193     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20346     Document Type: Letter

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