Upregulated PD-1 Expression Is Associated with the Development of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, but Not the PD-1.1 Allele of the PDCD1 Gene

Upregulated PD-1 Expression Is Associated with the Development of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, but Not the PD-1.1 Allele of the PDCD1 Gene

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease with complicated genetic inheritance. Programmed death 1 (PD-1), a negative T cell regulator to maintain peripheral tolerance, induces negative signals to T cells during interaction with its ligands and is therefore a candidate g...

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Main Authors: Qingqing Jiao, Cuiping Liu, Ziliang Yang, Qiang Ding, Miaomiao Wang, Min Li, Tingting Zhu, Hua Qian, Wei Li, Na Tu, Fumin Fang, Licai Ye, Zuotao Zhao, Qihong Qian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:International Journal of Genomics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/950903

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