An arthritogenic lymphokine in the rat

A type II collagen-specific arthritogenic lymphokine has been identified in the rat. Arthritogenic factor (AF) is a 65 kD protein generated in vitro by T cells from rats with collagen arthritis, and it induces an erosive, proliferative synovitis when injected into the knee joint of syngeneic naive r...

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Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1985
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2187934/