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ArticleClinical rheumatology2006

Bcl-x(L) expression in vivo in rheumatoid synovium.

S Busteed, M W Bennett, C Molloy, A Houston, M A Stone, F Shanahan, M G Molloy, J O'Connell

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Article in Clinical rheumatology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

S BusteedDepartment of Medicine, Cork University Hospital, National University of Ireland, Wilton, Cork, Ireland. sandra_busteed@hotmail.com
M W Bennett
C Molloy
A Houston
M A Stone
F Shanahan
M G Molloy
J O'Connell
Cork University Hospital · IENational University of Ireland · IEHarvard University · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To examine the expression of the apoptosis regulatory protein, Bcl-x(L), in the synovium of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). Immunohistochemistry for Bcl-x(L) was carried out on synovial samples from patients with RA and OA. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blot analysis were performed to qualitatively examine the expression of Bcl-x(L). Bcl-x(L) expression was detected in the lining, endothelium and inflammatory cells of both RA (n=20) and OA (n=10) samples. However, there was significantly more expression in the lining of RA synovium compared to OA (77 vs 61%, p<0.05). Many of the positive cells in the RA subsynovium were noted to be plasma cells. There was a significant correlation between Bcl-x(L) expression and the number of inflammatory cells in the subsynovium of RA and OA patients (r (s)=0.376, p<0.05, n=30). Age and disease duration did not correlate with Bcl-x(L) expression in rheumatoid patients. Bcl-x(L) may play a role in the extended survival of synoviocytes and inflammatory cells in rheumatoid synovium.

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AgedAgingArthritis, Rheumatoidbcl-X ProteinBlotting, WesternEndothelial CellsFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMiddle AgedOsteoarthritisPlasma CellsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerStaining and Labelingbcl-X ProteinRNA, Messenger

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