JAK/STAT/PKCδ molecular pathways in synovial fluid T lymphocytes reflect the in vivo T helper-17 expansion in psoriatic arthritis

Immunologic Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-69

  Fiocco, Ugo ^a   Accordi, Benedetta ^a   Martini, Veronica ^a   Oliviero, Francesca ^a   Facco, Monica ^a   Cabrelle, Anna ^a   Piva, Lucia ^a   Molena, Beatrice ^a   Caso, Francesco ^a   Costa, Luisa ^b   Scanu, Anna ^a   Pagnin, Elisa ^a   Atteno, Mariangela ^b   Scarpa, Raffaele ^b   Basso, Giuseppe ^a   Semenzato, Gianpietro ^a   Punzi, Leonardo ^a   Doria, Andrea ^a   Dayer, Jean Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

JAK STAT signaling pathway; p19IL 23R+ T helper 17; Protein kinase C ; Psoriatic arthritis; T CD4+ IL 17A F+

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 23 RECEPTOR; JANUS KINASE; JANUS KINASE 1; JANUS KINASE 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PROTEIN KINASE C DELTA; STAT PROTEIN; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL LYSATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; JANUS KINASES; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTEIN KINASE C-DELTA; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 84893729220     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: 15590755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12026-013-8481-0     Document Type: Article

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