Abstract
Synovium from 142 patients with 12 different arthropathies was examined for the distribution of alpha, delta, gamma, and mu immunoglobulin heavy chains. A high proportion of plasma cells in the superficial subintima in all diseases reacted for alpha heavy chains. Only in rheumatoid disease did the synovium contain more than 10% of plasma cells reacting for mu heavy chains.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | J Clin Pathol |
| Volume | 39( 7) |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 1986 |
Keywords
- immunology: Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Cell Count
- Humans
- analysis: Immunoglobulins, Heavy-Chain
- analysis: Immunoglobulins, alpha-Chain
- immunology: Joint Diseases
- immunology: Plasma Cells
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- immunology: Synovial Membrane