Mesenchymal stem cells, autoimmunity and rheumatoid arthritis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 505-514

  El Jawhari, J J ^a,b   El Sherbiny, Y M ^a,b   Jones, E A ^a   McGonagle, D ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 2; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DENDRITIC CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STEM CELL NICHE; STROMA; SYNOVIOCYTE; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UPREGULATION; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; IMMUNOLOGY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNITY; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 84903761959     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcu033     Document Type: Review

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