Plasma concentrations of Gas6 and sAxl correlate with disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus

Objectives. SLE is a systemic autoimmune disease with an annual incidence of 3.8 per 100 000. Several pathogenic mechanisms are believed to be operating in SLE, including an impaired clearance of apoptotic cells, activation of the type I IFN pathway and generation of autoimmune leucocytes. Growth ar...

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Main Authors: Ekman, Carl, Jönsen, Andreas, Sturfelt, Gunnar, Bengtsson, Anders A., Dahlbäck, Björn
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3093930/