Open AccessDNA SYNTHESIS‐POTENTIATING ACTIVITY ON MOUSE THYMOCYTES OF SYNOVIAL FLUID OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Ise Kohei,
Nakamura Shuji,
Ohkawara Susumu,
Yoshinaga Masaru
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1982.tb01405.x
Subject(s) - rheumatoid arthritis , synovial fluid , dna , pathology , dna synthesis , arthritis , immunology , medicine , biology , genetics , osteoarthritis , alternative medicine
DNA synthesis‐potentiating activity in synovial fluids of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients was studied in vitro by using phytohemagglutinin‐stimulated mouse thymocytes. The activity was present only in fluids obtained during the active RA phase, and no activity was noted in fluids obtained during the inactive RA phase or in fluids of osteoarthritis deformans patients. ACTA PATHOL. JPN. 32: 491∼503, 1982.