Dysregulated mature IL-1 production in familial Mediterranean fever
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Concise report Dysregulated mature IL-1b production in familial Mediterranean fever
Objective. The aim of this study was to analyse the role of circulating cleaved IL-1b in patients with FMF. Methods. We enrolled 20 patients with FMF (5 males and 15 females), 22 patients with RA (4 males and 18 females) and 22 healthy controls (6 males and 16 females). Serum levels of serum amyloid A (SAA) were measured by ELISA. We also determined whether IL-1b was present as the cleaved form...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1462-0324,1462-0332
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keu359