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Arthritis
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 505842, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/505842
Clinical Study

A Synoviocyte Model for Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Response to Ibuprofen, Betamethasone, and Ginger Extract—A Cross-Sectional In Vitro Study

Søren Ribel-Madsen,1 Else Marie Bartels,1 Anders Stockmarr,1,2 Arne Borgwardt,3 Claus Cornett,4 Bente Danneskiold-Samsøe,1,5,6 and Henning Bliddal1,5,6

1Department of Rheumatology, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Nordre Fasanvej 57, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
2Institute for Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
3Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
4School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 København Ø, Denmark
5Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
6Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark

Received 3 August 2012; Revised 26 November 2012; Accepted 11 December 2012

Academic Editor: Marco Amedeo Cimmino

Copyright © 2012 Søren Ribel-Madsen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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