Kidney Expression of Toll Like Receptors in Lupus Nephritis: Quantification and Clinicopathological Correlations

• Main Authors: Fabrizio Conti (Author), Francesca Romana Spinelli (Author), Simona Truglia (Author), Francesca Miranda (Author), Cristiano Alessandri (Author), Fulvia Ceccarelli (Author), Michele Bombardieri (Author), Konstantinos Giannakakis (Author), Guido Valesini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. The study aimed at locating and quantifying Toll Like Receptor (TLR) 3, 7, 8, and 9 expression in kidney of patients with lupus nephritis (LN) and correlating them with clinicopathological features. Methods. Kidney sections from 26 LN patients and 4 controls were analyzed by immunohistoch...