Increased apoptosis level in late stages of rheumatoid arthritis correlates with macrophage number

Autor: Sverker Lindblad, A-K Ulfgren, L Grondal, Lars Klareskog, A I Catrina
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Arthritis Research
Europe PubMed Central
ISSN: 1478-6362
DOI: 10.1186/ar280
Popis: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by synovial hyperplasia and excessive mononuclear infiltration. Altered apoptosis was proposed as a possible mechanism for cell accumulation. In vitro experiments showed that monokines are able to inhibit synovial apoptosis in a dose dependent manner. In this study we aim to investigate synovial apoptosis with respect to disease duration, inflammatory cell type and monokines expression.
Databáze: OpenAIRE