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Systemic sclerosis and lupus: points in an interferon-mediated continuum.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Feb 2010
Assassi Shervin, Mayes Maureen D, Arnett Frank C, Gourh Pravitt, Agarwal Sandeep K, McNearney Terry A, Chaussabel Damien, Oommen Nancy, Fischbach Michael, Shah Kairav R, Charles Julio, Pascual Virginia, Reveille John D, Tan Filemon K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate peripheral blood (PB) cell transcript profiles of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and its subtypes in direct comparison with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS: We investigated PB cell samples from 74 SSc patients, 21 healthy controls, and 17 SLE patients using Illumina Human Ref-8 BeadChips and quantitative polymerase chain reaction confirmation. None of the study participants were...
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