Mast cell subpopulations in the synovial tissue of patients with osteoarthritis: selective increase in numbers of tryptase-positive, chymase-negative mast cells - Buckley, Mark G.; Gallagher, Patrick J.; Walls, Andrew F. (The Journal of pathology, 1998)
Keywords: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Cell Count; chymase; Chymases; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Female; Humans; Immunoenzyme Techniques; Inflammation Mediators - metabolism; Male; mast cells; Mast Cells - enzymology; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis, Knee - enzymology; Osteoarthritis, Knee - immunology; Serine Endopeptidases - metabolism; Synovial Membrane - enzymology; Synovial Membrane - immunology; synovium; tryptase; Tryptases; Human; Immunohistochemistry; Serine endopeptidases; Enzyme; Pathogenesis; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Cell subpopulation; Chymase; Pathology; Peptidases; Synovial membrane; Tryptase; Arthropathy; Hydrolases; Degenerative disease; Osteoarthritis; Quantitative analysis