Synovial tissue sublining CD68 expression is a biomarker of therapeutic response in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials: Consistency across centers

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1800-1802

  Bresnihan, Barry ^a   Pontifex, Eliza ^a   Thurlings, Rogier M ^b   Vinkenoog, Marjolein ^b   El Gabalawy, Hani ^c   Fearon, Ursula ^a   FitzGerald, Oliver ^a   Gerlag, Danielle M ^b   Rooney, Terence ^d   Van De Sande, Marleen G ^b   Veale, Douglas ^a   Vos, Koen ^b   Tak, Paul Peter ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Macrophages; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovium

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD68 ANTIGEN; RITUXIMAB;

ARTHROSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; JOINT BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 68849127971     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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