Complement activation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis mediated in part by C-reactive protein
โ Scribed by Esmeralda T. H. Molenaar; Alexandre E. Voskuyl; Atoosa Familian; Gerard J. van Mierlo; Ben A. C. Dijkmans; C. Erik Hack
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 80 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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Forty patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) were examined for C3b receptor (CRl) levels on erythrocytes (by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay), levels of circulating immune complexes (IC) (by a polyethylene glycol precipitation-complement consumption method), C3d split products (by in
## Abstract ## Objective To investigate the involvement of the anticoagulant serine protease activated protein C (APC) in tissue remodeling in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ## Methods PC/APC, matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMPโ2), and MMPโ9 were detected in synovial fluid by Western blotting, and thei