INCREASED SOLUBLE IL-2 RECEPTOR IN SERUM OF PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS

Authors
SAWADA S HASHIMOTO H IIJMA S TOKANO Y MATSUKAWA Y TAKEI M ISHIKAWA H KANG H TOMURA K MITAMURA K HASHIMOTO S OBARA T
Citation
S. Sawada et al., INCREASED SOLUBLE IL-2 RECEPTOR IN SERUM OF PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS, Clinical rheumatology, 12(2), 1993, pp. 204-209
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Clinical rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07703198
Volume
12
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
204 - 209
Database
ISI
SICI code
0770-3198(1993)12:2<204:ISIRIS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We estimated the concentration of soluble IL-2R (sIL-2R) in the serum of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and examined the r elationship between the serum levels of sIL-2R and clinical features o r laboratory data. We found that elevated levels of sIL-2R were presen t in the serum of SLE patients with discoid rash, and sIL-2R concentra tions were correlated with the soluble CD4 and soluble CD8 concentrati ons but not with classical serological marker, anti-DNA antibody or co mplement titer.