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Circulating CD4+CD28null and extra-thymic CD4+CD8+ double positive T cells are independently associated with disease damage in systemic lupus erythematosus patients.
Lupus - 1 Mar 2016
Ugarte-Gil M F, Sánchez-Zúñiga C, Gamboa-Cárdenas R V, Aliaga-Zamudio M, Zevallos F, Tineo-Pozo G, Cucho-Venegas J M, Mosqueira-Riveros A, Medina M, Perich-Campos R A, Alfaro-Lozano J L, Rodriguez-Bellido Z, Alarcón G S, Pastor-Asurza C A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether circulating CD4+CD28null and extra-thymic CD4+CD8+ double positive (DP) T cells are independently associated with damage accrual in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted between September 2013 and April 2014 in consecutive SLE patients from our Rheumatology Department. CD4+CD28null and CD4+CD8+ DP T-cell frequencies were...
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