%0 Generic %A Diaz-Cano, Salvador J. %A J Wolfe, H %A Harjacek, M %A C Steere, A %A Coburn, J %A Ruthazer, R %A A Alman, B %D 2012 %T Prominent expression of mRNA for proinflammatory cytokines in synovium in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or chronic Lyme arthritis %U https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Prominent_expression_of_mRNA_for_proinflammatory_cytokines_in_synovium_in_patients_with_juvenile_rheumatoid_arthritis_or_chronic_Lyme_arthritis/97654 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.97654.v1 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/223959 %K arthritis %K rheumatoid %K synovium %K Lyme disease %K in situ hybridization %K Medicine %K Immunology %X

OBJECTIVE: To examine the cytokine profiles in synovium of patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) or Lyme arthritis, 2 chronic inflammatory arthritides that affect children.

METHODS: We used in situ hybridization with specific riboprobes to determine the expression of mRNA for proinflammatory or antiinflammatory cytokines in synovial samples from 5 patients with early, untreated JRA, 15 patients with late, treated JRA, and 9 patients with chronic Lyme arthritis. For comparison, synovia were examined from 6 patients with rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis, and from 9 patients with various orthopedic conditions.

RESULTS: Among the children with early, untreated JRA, a median of 3 to 8% of inflammatory cells in synovial samples expressed mRNA for the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta), tumor necrosis factor-alpha(TNF-alpha), or interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). Although a median of 3.9% of the cells expressed mRNA for the antiinflammatory cytokine IL-10, none had IL-4 mRNA. Most of the patients with late, treated JRA, chronic Lyme arthritis, rheumatoid, or psoriatic arthritis had mRNA for each of these proinflammatory cytokines in about 1% of the cells, whereas mRNA for the antiinflammatory cytokines was less frequent. The inflammatory cell density was much less in the synovium of patients with various orthopedic conditions, but about 1% of the infiltrating cells expressed mRNA for at least one of the proinflammatory cytokines.

CONCLUSION: Patients with early or late JRA or chronic Lyme arthritis have expression of mRNA in synovial tissue primarily for proinflammatory cytokines, with less expression of antiinflammatory cytokines.

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