title: Immune-mediated pathways in chronic inflammatory arthritis.
abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the prototype chronic inflammatory arthropathy; its precise aetiology is unknown. Over recent years, a number of crucial advances in our understanding of the disease have had a major impact on the treatment of patients with RA.
authors.affiliation: The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, 1 Aspenlea Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8LH, UK. c.gorman@imperial.ac.uk <c.gorman@imperial.ac.uk>
authors.forename: Claire L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Gorman
authors.forename: Andrew P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Cope
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D015551:Autoimmunity / Q000276:immunology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology; D018925:Chemokines / Q000276:immunology; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000276:immunology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D018925:Chemokines; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors