… in autoimmune disorders such as rheumatic diseases. They play the role of antigen-presenting
cells and they release many inflammatory cytokines and chemokines that contribute to …

… cytokine network is more clearly understood, cytokine therapy is still experimental. The fact
that in the majority of rheumatic diseases all three cytokines … of individual cytokines. Further …

… In several of the rheumatic diseases discussed in this review, dysregulated … role of cytokines
and other factors produced at sites of joint inflammation in rheumatic diseases and review …

… To compare levels of sTNF-R with levels of other previously reported soluble cytokine
receptors, we measured sIL-2R in SF, by ELISA (the plates the kind gift of Drs. P. Kung and Nancy …

… receptors directly for the treatment of rheumatic diseases is currently under study; however,
indirect targeting of adenosine receptors … cytokines increase the function of these receptors …

… Synovial fluid was aspirated from the knee joints of68 patients with a variety of rheumatic
diseases when indicated for diagnostic or therapeutic reasons. Thirty seven patients presented …

… -inflammatory cytokines in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases. As
… approach of the chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases, particularly in patients resistant to …

… Therapies with biological agents to attain anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive actions,
using drugs such as anticytokines and cytokine receptors, have remarkably improved the …

… its soluble receptor (sIL-6Rα) are elevated to various degrees in many rheumatic diseases.
IL-… specific cytokines in models of human disease. In most circumstances, ablation of a single …

… The IL-1R/Toll-like receptor (TLR) superfamily of receptors, which has a key role in innate …
of Fcγ receptor expression and enhanced cytokine production [74]. The IL-18 receptor shares …