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Relationships between increased circulating YKL-40, IL-6 and TNF-α levels and phenotypes and disease activity of primary Sjögren's syndrome.
International immunopharmacology - 1 Nov 2020
Chen Caiqun, Liang Yan, Zhang Zhiyu, Zhang Zhencheng, Yang Zaixing
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BACKGROUND: There is now no single score or marker useful for evaluating disease activity of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). This study was designed to explore the associations of circulating YKL-40, interleukin 6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) with systemic activity and phenotypes of pSS. METHODS: This study included 58 pSS patients and 30 healthy controls (HC). The sera were measured by multiplex...
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