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Mycobacteria and human heat shock protein-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in rheumatoid synovial inflammation.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Mar 1992
Li S G, Quayle A J, Shen Y, Kjeldsen-Kragh J, Oftung F, Gupta R S, Natvig J B, Førre O T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the cytotoxic capacity of mycobacteria-specific T lymphocyte lines and clones from sites of inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We also studied antigen specificity, surface phenotype, expression of T cell receptors (TCR), and HLA restriction. METHODS: Autologous macrophages (M phi) from the synovial membrane (SM), synovial fluid (SF), or peripheral blood (PB) were used as...
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