Serum Cytokines Th1, Th2, and Th17 Expression Profiling in Active Lupus Nephritis-IV: From a Southern Chinese Han Population

• Main Authors: Keshav Raj Sigdel (Author), Lihua Duan (Author), Yin Wang (Author), Weiping Hu (Author), Ning Wang (Author), Qingyi Sun (Author), Qingyan Liu (Author), Xiaocong Liu (Author), Xianghua Hou (Author), Ao Cheng (Author), Guixiu Shi (Author), Yanlin Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by aberrant T cell immune response. Diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis (LN-IV) is the most common, severe, and active form of lupus nephritis. In this study, we investigated the production of Th1, Th2, and Th17 cytok...