Research Article

Prostanoid Receptor Subtypes and Its Endogenous Ligands with Processing Enzymes within Various Types of Inflammatory Joint Diseases

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Detection of prostaglandin-E2 (PGE2) in patients with joint trauma (JT), osteoarthritis (OA), and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). (a) Quantitative analysis of immunofluorescence microscopy for synovial PGE2-IR cells relative to the synovium of controls (data are shown as ; , Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA on ranks followed by Dunn’s test). (b) Immunofluorescence microscopy shows that the number of PGE2-IR cells (Texas red fluorescence) is increased in various forms of inflammatory joint disease compared to controls which was most prominent in rheumatoid arthritis. DAPI blue fluorescence shows nuclear staining. . (, compared to control).
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