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Enumeration and phenotypical analysis of distinct dendritic cell subsets in psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis research & therapy - 1 Jan 2006
Jongbloed Sarah L, Lebre M Cristina, Fraser Alasdair R, Gracie J Alastair, Sturrock Roger D, Tak Paul P, McInnes Iain B
Abstract excerpt
Dendritic cells (DCs) comprise heterogeneous subsets of professional antigen-presenting cells, linking innate and adaptive immunity. Analysis of DC subsets has been hampered by a lack of specific DC markers and reliable quantitation assays. We characterised the immunophenotype and functional characteristics of psoriatic arthritis (PsA)-derived and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-derived myeloid DCs (mDCs) and...
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