| Literature DB >> 1582127 |
P Airŏ1, S Braga, E Prati, D Brugnoni, M Bettinzioli, R Gorla, R Cattaneo.
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Serum levels of the soluble form of the interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) were measured in the sera of 32 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. A significant correlation was observed between the levels of sIL-2R and the SLAM score of disease activity (R:0.40; p: less than 0.05). The correlation was slightly lower than those between the SLAM score and the levels of anti-dsDNA or of the complement activity. The levels of sIL-2R were not significantly correlated with those of serum anti-ds-DNA and complement, nor with a sign of peripheral blood B cell hyperactivity, such as the spontaneous in vitro production of anti-DNA antibodies.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1582127 DOI: 10.1007/bf02207093
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Rheumatol ISSN: 0770-3198 Impact factor: 2.980