Soluble IL-2 Receptor in Dermatomyositis: Its Associations with Skin Ulcers and Disease Activity

• Main Authors: Linrong He (Author), Xiaoming Shu (Author), Xia Liu (Author), Yongpeng Ge (Author), Sizhao Li (Author), Xin Lu (Author), Guochun Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To investigate the role of soluble interleukin-2R (sIL-2R) in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). Methods. Serum sIL-2R levels were measured in 74 dermatomyositis (DM), 16 immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM), 24 rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 20 systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE...