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| Cai,X.Z.; Huang,W.Y.; Qiao,Y.; Chen,Y.; Du,S.Y.; Chen,D.; Yu,S.; Liu,N.; Dou,L.Y.; Jiang,Y.. |
| The T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain (TIM) family is associated with autoimmune diseases, but its expression level in the immune cells of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients is not known. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the expression of TIM-3 mRNA is associated with pathogenesis of SLE. Quantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis (qRT-PCR) was used to determine TIM-1, TIM-3, and TIM-4 mRNA expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from 132 patients with SLE and 62 healthy controls. The PBMC surface protein expression of TIMs in PBMCs from 20 SLE patients and 15 healthy controls was assayed by flow cytometry. Only TIM-3 mRNA expression decreased significantly in SLE patients... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: TIM-3; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Lupus nephritis; T-helper cell. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2015000100077 |
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