Early rheumatoid arthritis is associated with a deficit in the CD4+CD25high regulatory T cell population in peripheral blood

Rheumatology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1210-1217

  Lawson, Catherine A ^a,b   Brown, A K ^a   Bejarano, V ^a   Douglas, S H ^b   Burgoyne, C H ^a,b   Greenstein, A S ^a   Boylston, A W ^b   Emery, P ^a   Ponchel, F ^a,b   Isaacs, J D ^c  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD4+CD25high T cells; Early arthritis; Reactive arthritis; Regulatory T cells; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747605602     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kel089     Document Type: Article

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