Elevated Plasma cfDNA May be Associated with Active Lupus Nephritis and Partially Attributed to Abnormal Regulation of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Zhang, Sigong; Lu, Xin; Shu, Xiaoming; Tian, Xiaolan; Yang, Hanbo; Yang, Wenfang; Zhang, Yinli; Wang, Guochun (Internal Medicine, 2014)
Keywords: Adult; Biomarkers - blood; Cell-Free System; circulating cell-free DNA; Disease Progression; DNA - blood; DNase I; Extracellular Traps - immunology; Extracellular Traps - metabolism; Female; Flow Cytometry; Humans; low-density granulocytes; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - blood; lupus nephritis; Male; Middle Aged; neutrophil extracellular traps; Plasma - metabolism; Plasma Cells - metabolism