A Chinese herb Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: Mechanism, eYcacy, and safety

Rheumatology International

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1123-1129

  Bao, Jun ^a   Dai, Sheng Ming ^b  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese herb; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tripterygium wilfordii

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; COLLAGENASE 3; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; NITRITE; PLACEBO; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RANTES; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STROMELYSIN; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII EXTRACT; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII HOOK F EXTRACT; TRIPTOLIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; AMENORRHEA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTHRITIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHINESE HERB; COLLAGEN INDUCED ARTHRITIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSMENORRHEA; ENZYME INHIBITION; FIBROBLAST; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LEUKOPENIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII HOOK F;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHONDROCYTES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SULFASALAZINE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TRIPTERYGIUM;

EID: 80054881007     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-1841-y     Document Type: Review

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