Article
Gamma delta + T cells from patients with psoriatic and rheumatoid arthritis respond to streptococcal antigen.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Jun 1993
Grinlinton F M, Skinner M A, Birchall N M, Tan P L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate cellular immune responses to streptococcal antigens in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). To specifically examine responses of the gamma delta + T cell subset. METHODS: Proliferation of PsA synovial fluid lymphocytes (SFL) and peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) cul...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Arthritis, Psoriatic
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Female
- Humans
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta
- Streptococcus agalactiae
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets
