Decreased plasma IL22 levels, but not increased IL17 and IL23 levels, correlate with disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 604-606

  Cheng, F ^a,b   Guo, Z ^a   Xu, H ^b   Yan, D ^b   Li, Q ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 23; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; INTERLEUKIN-22;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TH17 CELL; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-23; INTERLEUKINS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 65249118224     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.097089     Document Type: Letter

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