Pediatric Patients With Steroid-Sensitive Nephrotic Syndrome Have Higher Expression of T Regulatory Lymphocytes in Comparison to Steroid-Resistant Disease

• Main Authors: Fabio Tadeu Lourenço Guimarães (Author), Rodrigo Novaes Ferreira (Author), Gustavo Eustáquio Alvim Brito-Melo (Author), Etel Rocha-Vieira (Author), Wagner de Fátima Pereira (Author), Sérgio Veloso Brant Pinheiro (Author), Aline Silva Miranda (Author), Ana Cristina Simões e Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Aim: Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) is classified according to the response to drug therapy in steroid-sensitive (SS), steroid-dependent (SD), and steroid-resistant (SR) categories. Previous studies showed changes in inflammatory activity of subpopulations of lymphocytes in INS....