Article
Differential expression of natural killer activating and inhibitory receptors in patients with newly diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus.
International journal of rheumatic diseases - 1 Jun 2016
Ye Zhuang, Ma Ning, Zhao Ling, Jiang Zhen-Yu, Jiang Yan-Fang
Abstract excerpt
AIM: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) presents as the abnormal activation and over-proliferation of immune competent cells. Few studies have characterized the role of natural killer (NK) and NK T (NKT) cells in the pathogenesis of SLE, and therefore a consensus has not been reached as yet. METHOD: Thirty-two patients with new-onset SLE and 15 healthy controls were recruited. Activated and inhibitory NK and NKT...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Biomarkers
- Case-Control Studies
- Cell Degranulation
- Cells, Cultured
- Child
- Female
- Humans
- Interferon-gamma
- Killer Cells, Natural
