Increased levels of thymosin β4 in synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Association of thymosin β4 with other factors that are involved in inflammation and bone erosion in joints

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 320-324

  Choi, Hyun M ^a   Lee, Yeon Ah ^b   Yang, Hyung In ^b   Yoo, Mung C ^a   Kim, Kyoung S ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs); Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovial fluid; Thymosin 4

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; COLLAGENASE 3; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; LACTOFERRIN; MATRILYSIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; THYMOSIN BETA4; UROKINASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE EROSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; THYMOSIN;

EID: 80054678987     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2011.01652.x     Document Type: Article

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