Elevated Serum IL-17 Expression at Cessation Associated with Graves’ Disease Relapse
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Serum IL-17 and IL-23 levels and autoantigen-specific Th17 cells are elevated in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis.
BACKGROUND The Th17 subset has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of autoimmune diseases. However, little is known about its role in anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). We measured serum levels of IL-17A and associated upstream cytokines and the frequency of IL-17-producing autoantigen-specific T cells in patients with AAV. METHODS ELISA on sera...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Endocrinology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1687-8337,1687-8345
DOI: 10.1155/2018/5689030