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Expression of costimulatory molecule CD80 on peripheral blood T cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Jun 1998
Takasaki Y, Ogaki M, Abe K, Takeuchi K, Ando S, Tokano Y, Kobayashi S, Sekigawa I, Tsuda H, Hashimoto H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of costimulatory molecule CD80 on T cells of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS: Monoclonal antibodies against CD80 were used for flow cytometry and expression of CD80 on PBMC was studied in 26 patients with SLE, 18 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 8 patients with mixed connective tissue disease...
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