Overexpression of TLR2 and TLR9 on monocyte subsets of active rheumatoid arthritis patients contributes to enhance responsiveness to TLR agonists

Table 1 Clinical characteristic of selected patients

Characteristics	Values in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (n = 23)
Gender male/female, n	2/21
Age, years, mean ± SD	57.0 ± 10.8
Disease duration, y, mean ± SD	5.0 ± 7.3
Swollen joints, 0–28	14.4 ± 8.1
CRP, ± SD, mg/l	13.0 ± 12.7
ESR, ± SD, mm/h	19.4 ± 16.4
RF (+), n (%)	9 (39 %)
ACPA (+), n (%)	8 (35 %)
RF & ACPA (+) n (%)	7 (30 %)
Disease activity score in 28 joints-CRP	5.3 ± 1.5
DAS activity score in 28 joints-ESR	5.7 ± 1.5

Data are mean ± SD unless stated otherwise. CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, RF rheumatoid factor, ACPA anti-citrullinated protein antibodies

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