The interferon-regulated gene signature is elevated in subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus and discoid lupus erythematosus and correlates with the cutaneous lupus area and severity index score

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 971-975

  Braunstein, I ^a,b   Klein, R ^a,b   Okawa, J ^a,b   Werth, V P ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INTERFERON; RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

2',5'-OLIGOADENYLATE SYNTHETASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE I; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, DISCOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 84860328972     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.10825.x     Document Type: Article

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