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Predominance of mononuclear cells expressing the chemokine receptor CCR5 in synovial effusions of patients with different forms of arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 May 1999
Mack M, Brühl H, Gruber R, Jaeger C, Cihak J, Eiter V, Plachý J, Stangassinger M, Uhlig K, Schattenkirchner M, Schlöndorff D
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OBJECTIVE: To study the role of the chemokine receptors CCR5 and CCR2 in patients with arthritis. METHODS: CCR5 expression on peripheral blood leukocytes was compared with the expression on leukocytes isolated from the synovial fluid of 20 patients with different rheumatic joint diseases. Three additional samples were studied for CCR2 expression. The expression of chemokine receptors on blood and synovial fluid...
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