Increased serum levels of the chemokine CXCL13 and up-regulation of its gene expression are distinctive features of HCV-related cryoglobulinemia and correlate with active cutaneous vasculitis

Blood

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1620-1627

  Sansonno, Domenico ^a   Tucci, Felicia Anna ^a   Troiani, Laura ^a   Lauletta, Gianfranco ^a   Montrone, Michele ^a   Conteduca, Vincenza ^a   Sansonno, Loredana ^a   Dammacco, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CXCL13 CHEMOKINE; MESSENGER RNA; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; RITUXIMAB; CXCL13 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNODETECTION; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPREGULATION; VASCULITIS; AGED; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMOKINE CXCL13; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; UP-REGULATION; VASCULITIS;

EID: 52649095848     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-02-137455     Document Type: Article

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