The role of T helper type 17 cells in inflammatory arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-237

  Sarkar, S ^a   Cooney, L A ^b   Fox, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen arthritis; Cytokines; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spondyloarthritis; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 17F; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 6; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN KINASE ZAP 70; PROTEOGLYCAN; RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR OF NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA B; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL;

EID: 74549184280     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2009.04016.x     Document Type: Review

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