To B or not to B the conductor of rheumatoid arthritis orchestra

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-291

  Moura, Rita A ^a   Graca, Luis ^a   Fonseca, João E ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; Autoantibodies; B cells; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rituximab; Synovium

Indexed keywords

B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 17; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RITUXIMAB;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHRONICITY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS;

EID: 84871664898     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: 15590267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-012-8318-y     Document Type: Article

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