Anti-inflammatory effects of atorvastatin on peripheral blood mononuclear cells and synovial fibroblasts in rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 235-239

  Blaschke, S ^a   Viereck, V ^a   Schwarz, G ^b   Klinger, H M ^b   Guerluek, S ^a   Mller, G A ^a  

^a GeorgAugustUniversity ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RNA ISOLATION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD8; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PYRROLES; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350630256     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740802572475     Document Type: Article

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