Elevated plasma cfDNA may be associated with active lupus nephritis and partially attributed to abnormal regulation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Internal Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 2763-2771

  Zhang, Sigong ^a   Lu, Xin ^a   Shu, Xiaoming ^a   Tian, Xiaolan ^a   Yang, Hanbo ^a   Yang, Wenfang ^a   Zhang, Yinli ^a   Wang, Guochun ^a  

^a CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Circulating cell free DNA; DNase I; Low density granulocytes; Lupus nephritis; Neutrophil extracellular traps

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD15 ANTIGEN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL FREE DNA BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETER; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LOW DENSITY GRANULOCYTE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL EXTRACELLULAR TRAP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RADIAL ENZYME DIFFUSION METHOD; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SLEDAI; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; URINE SEDIMENT; BLOOD; CELL FREE SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRACELLULAR TRAP; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; PLASMA CELL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA; EXTRACELLULAR TRAPS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; PLASMA CELLS;

EID: 84918529996     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.2570     Document Type: Article

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