Article
Shift toward T lymphocytes with a T helper 1 cytokine-secretion profile in the joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Dec 1996
Dolhain R J, van der Heiden A N, ter Haar N T, Breedveld F C, Miltenburg A M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether T cells in the inflamed joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) preferentially produce the T helper 1 (Th1) cytokines, interferon-gamma (IFN gamma) and interleukin-2 (IL-2), or the Th2 cytokine, IL-4, when compared with corresponding peripheral blood-derived T cells. METHODS: Synovial fluid mononuclear cells (SFMC) and corresponding peripheral blood mononuclear cells...
Topics
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- CD3 Complex
- CD4 Antigens
- Cytokines
- Humans
- Interferon-gamma
- Interleukin-2
- Interleukin-4
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
- Monocytes
- Phenotype
- Synovial Fluid
- Th1 Cells
- Th2 Cells
