Synovial membrane immunohistology in early untreated juvenile idiopathic arthritis: differences between clinical subgroups
| Autor: | Sorcha Finnegan, David Gibson, Catherine McAllister, Susan Clarke, Madeleine Rooney |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Knee Joint Biopsy Immunology Population B-Lymphocyte Subsets Arthritis General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Neovascularization Rheumatology T-Lymphocyte Subsets medicine Immunology and Allergy Humans education Child education.field_of_study Hyperplasia medicine.diagnostic_test Neovascularization Pathologic business.industry Macrophages Synovial Membrane medicine.disease Connective tissue disease Arthritis Juvenile medicine.anatomical_structure Rheumatoid arthritis Immunohistochemistry Female medicine.symptom Synovial membrane business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of the rheumatic diseases. 70(10) |
| ISSN: | 1468-2060 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveJuvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) consists of a heterogeneous group of inflammatory disorders, within which there are a number of clinical subgroups. Diagnosis and assignment to a particular subgroup can be problematical and more concise methods of subgroup classification are required. This study of the synovial membrane characterises the immunohistochemical features in early untreated, newly diagnosed JIA and compares findings with disease subgroup at 2 years.Methods42 patients with newly diagnosed untreated JIA underwent synovial biopsy before the administration of steroids or disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. Patients were classified as either polyarticular, persistent oligoarticular or extended-to-be oligoarticular. The location and semiquantitative analysis of T-cell subsets, B cells, macrophages and blood vessels were determined using immunohistochemistry.ResultsSynovial hyperplasia varied significantly between the three groups (pConclusionsThere are significant differences in the histomorphometric features of synovial tissue between patient subgroups. Immunohistological examination of synovial membrane biopsies may provide further insight into early disease processes in JIA. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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