Immunohistochemical analysis of osteoblasts in zygapophyseal joints of patients with ankylosing spondylitis reveal repair mechanisms similar to osteoarthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 823-828

  Appel, Heiner ^a   Maier, René ^a   Loddenkemper, Christoph ^a   Kayser, Ralph ^a   Meier, Oliver ^b   Hempfing, Axel ^b   Sieper, Joachim ^a,c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Werner Wicker Klinik   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Immunohistochemical analysis; Osteoarthritis; Osteoblasts; Zygapophyseal joint

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; OSTEOPROTEGERIN;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KYPHOSIS; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE SURGERY; STAINING; THICKNESS; TRABECULAR BONE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOBLASTS; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEOCLASTS; OSTEOPROTEGERIN; RANK LIGAND; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 77950641223     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090986     Document Type: Article

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