Article
Pristane-induced arthritis in the rat.
Methods in molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2007
Olofsson Peter, Holmdahl Rikard
Abstract excerpt
A chronic relapsing arthritis develops after a single subcutaneous injection of small amounts of pristane; the pristane induced arthritis (PIA) model in the rat. PIA is characterized by a sudden onset of disease 2 wk after induction. The main pathological features of PIA include edema accompanied by an acute phase response, infiltration into the joint of mononuclear and polymorphonuclear cells, pannus formation,...
Topics
- Adjuvants, Immunologic
- Adoptive Transfer
- Animals
- Arthritis, Experimental
- Blood Proteins
- Glycoproteins
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Inflammation
- Interleukin-6
- Orosomucoid
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
- T-Lymphocytes
- Terpenes
