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Increased soluble IL-2 receptor in serum of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
S Sawada1, H Hashimoto, S Iijma
1Department of Internal Medicine, Nerima Hikarigaoka Hospital, Nihon University School of Medicine, Japan.
Clinical Rheumatology
|June 1, 1993
Abstract:
We estimated the concentration of soluble IL-2R (sIL-2R) in the serum of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and examined the relationship between the serum levels of sIL-2R and clinical features or laboratory data. We found that elevated levels of sIL-2R were present in the serum of SLE patients with discoid rash, and sIL-2R concentrations were correlated with the soluble CD4 and soluble CD8 concentrations but not with classical serological marker, anti-DNA antibody or complement titer.