Elevated expression of PD-1 on T cells correlates with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis
Elevated expression of PD-1 on T cells correlates with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis
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DOI:
10.3892/mmr.2017.8204
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发表时间:
2018-02-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Li, Junming
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作者:
Luo, Qing;Ye, Jianqing;Li, Junming
It is well known that lymphocytes are important in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) is one of the immunosuppressive costimulatory molecules, which mediates an inhibitory effect. However, its role in RA remains to be fully elucidated. In the present study, the expression levels of PD-1 on T cells in the peripheral blood (PB) and synovial fluid (SF) were determined using flow cytometry. In addition, the expression levels of PD-1 on T cells in the PB and SF of patients with RA were further analyzed to determine correlation with markers of the autoimmune response, inflammation and disease activity in RA. Compared with healthy controls, the expression of PD-1 on T cells in the PB was significantly elevated in patients with RA (P