Progressive and concordant expression of PKC-η and iNOS phenotypes in monocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Association with disease severity

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 495-503

  Heale, Catherine Elizabeth ^a   Fåhræus Van Ree, Goverdina Elisabeth ^a   Rahman, Proton ^a,b   Richardson, Vernon John ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b St Clare's Mercy Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Immunofluorescence; iNOS; Peripheral blood monocytes; PKC ; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C ETA; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MONOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OPTICS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN KINASE C; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34247610262     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.6A7070.2007     Document Type: Article

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