Overexpression of interleukin-12 and T helper 1 predominance in lupus nephritis

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-254

  Tucci, M ^a   Lombardi, L ^a   Richards, H B ^b   Dammacco, F ^a   Silvestris, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

IL 12; LN; SLE; Th1 cytokines

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY INJURY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; TH1 CELL; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TH1 CELLS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 53349146043     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2008.03758.x     Document Type: Article

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