| Literature DB >> 6859962 |
R A Brown, I W Tomlinson, C R Hill, J B Weiss, P Phillips, S Kumar.
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A low-molecular-weight freely dialysable angiogenesis factor has been isolated from 49 synovial fluids obtained from patients with various joint diseases. An analysis of disease type and incidence of freely dialysable angiogenesis activity showed that the osteoarthrotic group had a significantly higher incidence than all the other groups (p = 0.0332). Angiogenesis factor has also been detected in a bound form in the retentates of fluids which gave positive results for dialysable factor. The possibility that an imbalance between carrier-bound and free factor may have a causative role in disease is discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6859962 PMCID: PMC1001137 DOI: 10.1136/ard.42.3.301
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Rheum Dis ISSN: 0003-4967 Impact factor: 19.103