Comparison of Blood and Synovial Fluid Th17 and Novel Peptidase Inhibitor 16 Treg Cell Subsets in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
The Journal of Rheumatology, 08/16/2012
Grose RH et al. – This is a comprehensive characterization of novel PI16+ Treg and Th17 cells in matched blood and synovial fluid samples of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Despite an increased number of Treg within the inflamed joint, lower numbers of PI16+ Treg but high numbers of Th17 cells might contribute to the inability to control disease.



