Endothelial progenitor cells and colony-forming units in rheumatoid arthritis: Association with clinical characteristics

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1484-1488

  Egan, C G ^a   Caporali, F ^a   Garcia gonzalez, E ^a   Galeazzi, M ^a   Sorrentino, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colony forming unit; Disease severity; Endothelial progenitor cells; Flow cytometry; Haematopoietic; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells; Prognostic markers; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factor; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

CD133 ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; STEM CELL;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELLS, CULTURED; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 52949096540     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken299     Document Type: Article

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