Lack of NK cells in lupus patients with renal involvement
Lack of NK cells in lupus patients with renal involvement
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DOI:
10.1177/096120339700600905
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发表时间:
1997-01-01
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影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
Isenberg, DA
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作者:
ErkellerYuksel, FM;Lydyard, PM;Isenberg, DA
We have previously shown that patients with SLE have significantly lower percentages and absolute numbers of NK(CD3(-)/CD16(+)56) cells in their peripheral blood compared with normals.(1) Patients with active disease had very low levels of NK cells and the reduction was also associated with patients who had renal involvement. We have now performed a serial study immunophenotyping 11 patients with SLE and renal involvement using dual colour immunoflourescence and flow cytometry. Patients were tested every three months on an average of three occasions. As a control, nine SLE patients without renal involvement were immunophenotyped for similar intervals; 11 normal controls were also tested.Major lymphocyte subsets (T, B and NK) remained very stable during serial bleeds. However, the NK cell populations were decreased significantly in patients with renal involvement both as percentages (5+/-6 vs 9+/-5, P