Research Article
Prostanoid Receptor Subtypes and Its Endogenous Ligands with Processing Enzymes within Various Types of Inflammatory Joint Diseases
Table 1
The clinical and histological data characterizing the patients with joint trauma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
| | Patient Nr. | Control () | JT () | OA () | RA () |
| | Age (years) | 65 (±16,8) | 48 (±17) | 72 (±6) | 64.9 (±17) | | Sex (F/M) | 1/4 | 6/4 | 7/3 | 4/6 | | Disease duration | | | | | | ≤1 year | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/10 | — | | >1 year | — | 3/10 | 7/10 | 10/10 | | Drugs: NSAIDs (Diclofenac, Ibuprofen, Profenid, Paracetamol, and Dipyrone) | 5/5 | 8/10 | 9/10 | 8/10 | | Etoricoxib | NA | 1/9 | 4/10 | 1/10 | | Prednisolon (dexamethasone) | NA | NA | NA | 8/10 | | Lining-layer thickness (cell layers) | 1 (1 : 2) | 2 (1: 3) | 3 (3: 4) | 4 (3: 5) | | Overall cellularity (cells/mm2) | 45 (44; 49) | 119 (97; 138) | 275# (220; 285) | 390# (358; 474) | | Vascularity (vessels) | 2 (1; 3) | 3 (3; 5) | 6 (5; 7) | 6 (3; 8) |
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