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Enhanced and coordinated in vivo expression of inflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide synthase by chondrocytes from patients with osteoarthritis
1 Dec 1998
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the sites of expression of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in patients with inflammatory and degenerative joint diseases. METHODS: Cytokines and iNOS were detected by immunohistochemistry analysis of synovial and cartilage biopsy specimens obtained at knee arthroscopy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA),...
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