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Role of Th17 cells in human autoimmune arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Oct 2010
Leipe Jan, Grunke Mathias, Dechant Claudia, Reindl Christiane, Kerzendorf Ulrike, Schulze-Koops Hendrik, Skapenko Alla
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To delineate the role of Th17 cells in the pathogenesis of autoimmune arthritides. METHODS: Th17 cells were analyzed in well-defined homogeneous cohorts of patients with the prototypical autoimmune arthritides rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), grouped according to patients who had very early active RA (n = 36; mean disease duration 2.8 months, Disease Activity Score in 28 joints...
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