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 mRNA (a) and the number of cells immunoreactive for different components of the prostanoid system (PGE2, mPGES, COX-2, and EP1-4) (b) in patients with joint trauma (JT). (a) Quantification of mRNA specific for COX2, EP1-4, and mPGEs-1 in synovium of JT patients. (b) Quantitative comparison of COX2-, EP1-4-, and mPGEs-1-IR cells in synovium of JT patients. Data are shown as . (c) Confocal microscopy of EP3 (Texas red fluorescence; a, b) and mPGES or COX2 (FITC green fluorescence; c, d) double immunofluorescence (e–h) in JT synovium. DAPI blue fluorescence shows nuclear staining. .
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