Article
Spontaneous and in vitro activation of synovial fluid and peripheral blood lymphocytes in rheumatoid arthritis.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Sept 1990
Konttinen Y T, Pettersson T, Kemppinen P, Friman C
Abstract excerpt
Peripheral blood (PB) and synovial fluid (SF) were compared in parallel samples in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The kinetics of in vitro T-cell activation was assessed in phytohemagglutinin (PHA) stimulated PB or SF mononuclear cell cultures on days 0, 1, 3 and 5. The early lymphocyte activation as...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, CD
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Blood Cells
- Female
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Humans
- Interferon-gamma
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphocytes
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Monocytes
- Phenotype
- Phytohemagglutinins
- Receptors, Interleukin-2
- Synovial Fluid