Identification of interleukin-7 as a candidate disease mediator in spondylarthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3430-3435

  Rihl, Markus ^a   Kellner, Herbert ^b   Kellner, Wolfgang ^c   Barthel, Christian ^a   Yu, David T Y ^d   Tak, Paul P ^e   Zeidler, Henning ^f   Baeten, Dominique ^e  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Hospital Neuwittelsbach   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Josephinum   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Rheumatologikum Hannover   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 7; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 55849134446     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23998     Document Type: Article

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