Elevated levels of human beta-defensin 2 and human neutrophil peptides in systemic lupus erythematosus

Lupus

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1648-1653

  Vordenbaumen S ^a   Fischer Betz, R ^a   Timm, D ^a   Sander, O ^a   Chehab, G ^a   Richter, J ^a   Bleck, E ^a   Schneider, M ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

alpha defensins; antimicrobial peptides; autoimmune disease; beta defensins; systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 2; BETA DEFENSIN 3; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELITIS; MYOSITIS; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RASH; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; ALPHA-DEFENSINS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; NEUTROPHILS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78649663245     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203310377089     Document Type: Article

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