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The chemokines CCL5, CCL2 and CXCL12 play significant roles in the migration of Th1 cells into rheumatoid synovial tissue.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Feb 2003
Shadidi K R, Aarvak T, Henriksen J E, Natvig J B, Thompson K M
Abstract excerpt
As the T-cell population in the synovial tissue (ST) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is dominated by T helper (Th) 1 cells, this study was designed to examine whether there is a preferential migration of polarized T cells to ST, and to identify the chemokines responsible for the migration. This was done by developing 10 T-cell clones specific for an arbitrary antigen (mouse immunoglobulin G (IgG)) from the...
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