Source
Department of Internal Medicine and Harold C Simmons Arthritis Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. nanki.med1@med.tmd.ac.jp
Abstract
IL-10, IL-13, IFN-gamma, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, LT-alpha, CD154, and TNF-related activation-induced cytokine (TRANCE) were expressed by 2-20% of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovial tissue CD4(+) memory T cells, whereas CD4(+) cells that produced IL-2, IL-4, or IL-6 were not detected. Expression of none of these molecules by individual CD4(+) cells correlated with the exception of TRANCE and IL-10, and TRANCE and TNF-alpha. A correlation between expression of IL-10 and CCR7, LT-alpha and CCR6, IFN-gamma and CCR5, and TRANCE and CXCR4 was also detected.