A ray of hope for tender joints: Vitamin D and rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-7

  Cherniack, E Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFACALCIDOL; ALPHA ENOLASE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AUTOANTIGEN; CALCIUM; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; CYTOKINE; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; OLMESARTAN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VIMENTIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CANCER RISK; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; FRACTURE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE MEDIATED INJURY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEMORY CELL; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMYOSITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOBACCO; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 78650899274     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100792     Document Type: Editorial

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