RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Macrophage-lymphocyte clustering in rheumatoid arthritis.
JF Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
JO Ann Rheum Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism
SP 38
OP 42
DO 10.1136/ard.34.1.38
VO 34
IS 1
A1 Webb, F W
A1 Baker, M
A1 Weisbart, R
A1 Bluestone, R
A1 Goldberg, L
YR 1975
UL http://ard.bmj.com/content/34/1/38.abstract
AB The cells in synovial fluid from patients with rheumatoid arthritis contain a small percentage of macrophages. Such macrophages were isolated and cultured alone and with homologous and heterologous lymphocytes for 24 hours, in an attempt to identify possible contact between living lymphocytes and macrophages. Such contact was found, with clustering of lymphocytes around macrophages, and was particularly well shown by scanning electron microscopy.