Glomerular expression of toll-like receptor-9 in lupus nephritis but not in normal kidneys: Implications for the amplification of the inflammatory response

Lupus

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 831-835

  Papadimitraki, E D ^a   Tzardi, M ^a   Bertsias, G ^a   Sotsiou, E ^b   Boumpas, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Nephritis; Renal lupus; TLRs

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY TUBULE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UPREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOSOMES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 9; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650600639     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203309103054     Document Type: Article

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