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Table 4 Protection of rats from adjuvant arthritis by administration of synovial fluid (UF-sf)

From: Vaccination with endosomal unknown epitopes produces therapeutic response in rheumatoid arthritis patients and modulates adjuvant arthritis of rats

Longlasting RA synovial fluid (N = 8)

Recent RA synovial fluid 5–10 days (N = 6)a

OA synovial fluid (N = 6)

Saline solution (N = 8)

2.37 ± 1.60º

5.9 ± 1.01^

6.7 ± 095^

7.5 ± 0.92^

  1. Clinical score at 21 days after arthritis induction
  2. RA rheumatoid arthritis, OA arthrosis
  3. º p < 0.01 vs saline solution
  4. aAfter a previous complete extraction
  5. ^Not significant. Each rat was treated with synovial fluid of an individual patient