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Expression or secretion of IL-17 in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
Acta cardiologica - 1 Apr 2009
Huang Yanlan, Wu Weifeng, Wang Yan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to investigate the relation between interleukin-17 (IL-17) level in the plasma and in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) disease severity. METHODS AND RESULTS: 30 patients with DCM and 20 normal adults as control were studied. IL-17 protein level in plasma, PBMC culture supernatants, and phytohaemagglutinin-stimulated PBMC culture...
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