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Table 3 Detection of the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) genome in monocytes and neutrophils from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients

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

 

Blood

Synovial fluids

Cell populations

Healthy controls

RA patients

RA patients

Monocytes

1/12

11/23

3/7

Neutrophils

0/12

5/23

1/7

  1. DNA was isolated from monocytes and neutrophils and analyzed by real-time PCR for the presence of BamH1-W sequence in the EBV genome as detailed in “Methods”. Results are presented as number of positive samples over all donors tested
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

ISSN: 1478-6362

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