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Table 2 Frequency of, and tumour necrosis factor secretion by, Synovial Tcells specific for cytomegalovirus

From: Specificity of T cells in synovial fluid: high frequencies of CD8+ T cells that are specific for certain viral epitopes

  

TNF response (pg/ml)

Patient

HLA-A2-NLV+/CD8+ T cells (%)

104

105

RA3

0.2

3

45

RA11

2.3

21

102

RA14

0.5

10

61

RA15

13.9

60

70

  1. Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) response was estimated by titratingthe mononuclear cells after short-term incubation with COS cells transfectedwith human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-A2 and pp65 complementary DNA, as describedby Scotet et al [16].
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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