RAvs.ND. Homo sapiens

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory joint disease of unknown etiology and pronounced inter-patient heterogeneity. To characterize RA at the molecular level and to uncover key pathomechanisms, we performed whole-genome gene expression analyses. Synovial tissues from rheumatoid arthritis patients were compared to those from to normal donors. Keywords: repeat sample Overall design: Rheumatoid in comparison to normal donors were investigated. For both groups samples derived from individual patients and or pools of patients were hybridised.