Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical and serological characteristics of Primary Sjgren's syndrome (pSS) patients with differ
Background and Objectives: Type 1 regulatory T cell (Tr1) is an inducible subset of regulatory T cells, characterized by the capability to secrete immunosup
Objectives: Lupus nephritis (LN) is one of the most devastating complications and a main cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus(SL
Objective: The etiology of SAPHO (acronym for synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis and osteitis) syndrome may involves infection and immune disorder.
Intoduction: The programmed death 1 (PD-1) protein is a critical regulator of T-cell activation and is also an important therapeutic target for autoimmune d
Objectives: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease with unknown etiology.Studies have revealed epigenetic modification can contribute to suscepti
The apoptosis of glomerular mesangial cells (GMC) in rat Thy-1 nephritis (Thy-1N), a model of human mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis (MsPGN), is acc