Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is represents the most common chronic inflammatory joint disease and is still a major medical challenge because of unsolved issues related to the etiologic and pathogenetic questions. Intensive research has been conducted over the last years that focused on the inappropriate activation of the immune system: although T cells have long been deemed to play a central role in the origin and propagation of joint inflammation, data accumulated so far have widened this perspective recognizing the contribution of other cells, as well as the major histocompatibility complex class II proteins and a composite set of costimulatory signals responsible for the production of proinflammatory cytokines and other soluble mediators implicated in tissue destruction typical of the disease. This paper will provide an insight into the immune system in RA, dissecting cellular and humoral aspects both in serum and in synovium of patients. © 2007 New York Academy of Sciences.

The immunology of rheumatoid arthritis / Scrivo, Rossana; DI FRANCO, Manuela; Spadaro, Antonio; Valesini, Guido. - In: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. - ISSN 0077-8923. - STAMPA. - 1108:1(2007), pp. 312-322. [10.1196/annals.1422.033]

The immunology of rheumatoid arthritis

SCRIVO, Rossana;DI FRANCO, Manuela;SPADARO, Antonio;VALESINI, Guido
2007

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is represents the most common chronic inflammatory joint disease and is still a major medical challenge because of unsolved issues related to the etiologic and pathogenetic questions. Intensive research has been conducted over the last years that focused on the inappropriate activation of the immune system: although T cells have long been deemed to play a central role in the origin and propagation of joint inflammation, data accumulated so far have widened this perspective recognizing the contribution of other cells, as well as the major histocompatibility complex class II proteins and a composite set of costimulatory signals responsible for the production of proinflammatory cytokines and other soluble mediators implicated in tissue destruction typical of the disease. This paper will provide an insight into the immune system in RA, dissecting cellular and humoral aspects both in serum and in synovium of patients. © 2007 New York Academy of Sciences.
2007
b lymphocytes; costimulatory molecules; cytokines; rheumatoid arthritis; t lymphocytes
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The immunology of rheumatoid arthritis / Scrivo, Rossana; DI FRANCO, Manuela; Spadaro, Antonio; Valesini, Guido. - In: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. - ISSN 0077-8923. - STAMPA. - 1108:1(2007), pp. 312-322. [10.1196/annals.1422.033]
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