... preparation In an independent AIA study, samples of knee-joint SM, inguinal LNs, and spleen were obtained from rats killed at six time points: day 0, hours, day 1, day 3, and day of AIA Cytokine protein ... antigen-induced arthritis the course of AIA (Table 1, in conjunction with Fig and Table 3, underlining the predominantly local character of AIA Cytokine mRNA and protein expression in the synovial ... (days) cytokine mRNA Time course of knee-joint swelling in rats with AIA used to evaluate cytokine mRNA Values are means (n = to 6); vertical bars indicate the standard error of the mean The...