Expression of BAFF and BAFF-R in the synovial tissue of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 365-372

  Nakajima, K ^a   Itoh, K ^a   Nagatani, K ^a   Okawa Takatsuji, M ^a   Fujii, T ^b   Kuroki, H ^a   Katsuragawa, Y ^a   Aotsuka, S ^a   Mimori, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIOCYTE; SYNOVIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; B-CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B-CELL ACTIVATION FACTOR RECEPTOR; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 35648945384     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740701286615     Document Type: Article

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