The Role of Circulating Regulatory T Cell Levels on Subclinical Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

• Main Authors: Mario García-Carrasco (Author), Pamela Soto-Santillán (Author), Claudia Mendoza-Pinto (Author), Rebeca González-Ramírez (Author), Ana Lidia López-Carmona (Author), Pamela Munguía-Realpozo (Author), Ivet Etchegaray-Morales (Author), Socorro Méndez-Martínez (Author), José Luis Gálvez-Romero (Author), Aurelio López-Colombo (Author), Alejandro Ruiz-Arguelles (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The increase in cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is not fully explained by traditional CVD risk factors. Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) are considered atheroprotective. We investigated the relationship between the absolute number of different phenotyp...