Objective To investigate the effects of intraarticular glucocorticoid treatment on macrophage
infiltration, the expression of the chemokines monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP‐1) …

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the changes in synovial expression of mediators of macrophage
chemotaxis, matrix degradation, and macrophage infiltration in the synovial membrane of …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of pulse methyprednisolone (PMP; 1000 mg) on the
expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 and macrophage inflammatory …

Inflammation is a complex process mediated, in part, by a large number of molecules,
including cytokines and chemokines. Cytokines are an extensive family of low-molecular-weight …

Anterior uveitis (AU) is a common inflammatory ocular disease whose pathogenesis
remains unclear but may be associated with a wide variety of systemic disorders. Protein …

… I would also like to acknowledge Professor Carolyn Geczy (Cytokine Research Unit) for her
… Nicodemus Tedla, Ute Vollmer-Conna, Carolyn Cuello, Gavin Heywood, Kathy Gibson, Hong…

The mast cell is a bone marrow derived cell that is involved in many immunological and
inflammatory diseases. Paul Ehrlich coined the term mastzellen to describe the ‘fat’or ‘well-fed’…

… to Dr Carolyn Cuello for her instruction in immunohistochemical techniques. I am also
greatly indebted to Dr Angelina Enno and Mr Gavin McKenzie for their technical advice and for …

The temperature dependence of the spectral distributions of the glass, crystalline, and
supercooled-liquid phases of glycerol is investigated by means of neutron inelastic scattering. The …

Connexins form the gap junctional channels that mediate cell-to-cell communication, and
also form hemichannels present at the plasma membrane. Hemichannels are permeable to …