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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Celine Berthier
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-26975 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20110525 1
An abnormal neutrophil subset has been identified in the PBMC fractions from lupus patients. We have proposed that these low-density granulocytes (LDGs) play an important role in lupus pathogenesis by damaging endothelial cells and synthesizing increased levels of proinflammatory cytokines and type I IFNs. To directly establish LDGs as a distinct neutrophil subset, their gene array profiles were compared with those of autologous normal-density neutrophils and control neutrophils. LDGs significan ...[more]