Beneficial effects of cellular stress response in traditional Spa treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 55, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 235-241

  Marković, Marica ^a   Majkić Singh, Nada ^a   Ignjatović, Svetlana ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Balneotherapy; Hyperthermia; Inflammation; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; SULFUR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPA TREATMENT; SYNOVIOCYTE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BALNEOLOGY; BATHS; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FEVER; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-8; SULFUR; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 69049106413     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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