The Th17/Treg imbalance and cytokine environment in peripheral blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 887-893

  Wang, Wenhong ^a   Shao, Shihe ^a   Jiao, Zhijun ^b   Guo, Mingquan ^c   Xu, Huaxi ^a   Wang, Shengjun ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGYIN PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Regulatory T cell; Rheumatoid arthritis; Th17 cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LYMPHOTOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOMETRIC BEAD ARRAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 84862644604     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1710-0     Document Type: Article

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