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Table 2 Immunopathologic features of patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had come out of remission at 12 months

From: Immunopathologic characterization of ultrasound-defined synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis patients in clinical remission

 

Remission (n = 12)

Out of remission (n = 8)

P value

CD3/mm2

215.3 (258.1)

622.6 (1038.9)

0.232

CD20/mm2

25.7 (17.2)

276.3 (506.0)

0.009

CD31/mm2

53.8 (28.4)

54.6 (27.7)

0.953

CD68 total/mm2

1793.2 (2049.2)

4833.5 (4149.5)

0.329

CD68 lining/mm2

166.7 (254.7)

905.4 (877.4)

0.079

CD68 sub-lining/mm2

1500.8 (2036.2)

3927.9 (3343.9)

0.205

CD117/mm2

10.1 (8.9)

43.1 (27.6)

0.010

bFGF, %

4.5 (3.6)

7.2 (5.2)

0.217

Hsp47, %

91.1 (285.9)

134.4 (349.3)

0.247

  1. Data are expressed as mean (SD). bFGF basic fibroblast growth factor, Hsp47 heat shock protein 47
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

ISSN: 1478-6362

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