Table 5.
Serum levels | Unstimulated T cells | Stimulated T cells | ||
sTNF-RI | sTNF-RII | sTNF-RI | sTNF-RII | |
sTNF-RI | 0.883 | 0.818 | 0.858 | 0.692 |
sTNF-RII | 0.865 | 0.923 | 0.837 | 0.763 |
Shown is the correlation between serum levels of soluble tumour necrosis factor receptor (sTNFR) and levels released by isolated T cells from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients (n = 58). Spearman correlation coefficients are shown. P < 0.0001 for all correlations. sTNF-RI, soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor I; sTNF-RII, soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor II.