Expression of G protein αq Subunit is Decreased in Lymphocytes from Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and is Correlated with Disease Activity

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-209

  Wang, Y ^a   Li, Y ^a   He, Y ^a   Sun, Y ^a   Sun, W ^a   Xie, Q ^a   Yin, G ^a   Du, Y ^a   Wang, L ^a   Shi, G ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN MCL 1; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; AUTOANTIBODY; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE; CYCLOPEPTIDE; MCL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CASPASE 3; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOID CELL LEUKEMIA SEQUENCE 1 PROTEIN; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84862952943     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2011.02635.x     Document Type: Article

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