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Differential sensitivity to transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta of CBA and of CBA/N B cells demonstrates that the IgG2b inducing factor in synovial fluid from rheumatoid arthritis patients is not identical to TGF-beta.
International immunology - 1 Mar 1995
Ridderstad A, Lettesjö H, Abedi-Valugerdi M, Möller E
Abstract excerpt
Synovial fluid from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA-SF) contains in vivo produced cytokines and inflammatory mediators, including a factor that induces IgG2b production of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) preactivated murine B lymphocytes. In order to determine the mechanism by which RA-SF acts on LPS activated mouse B cells, CBA/N mice were used as an experimental model. The X-linked immunodeficiency of these...
Topics
- Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase
- Alleles
- Animals
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- B-Lymphocytes
- Base Sequence
- Biological Factors
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Immunoglobulin G
