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Data on lupus discussed by researchers at Chonnam National University

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, August 9th, 2009

In this recently published study, investigators in South Korea conducted a study "To determine the cytotoxicity of natural killer (NK) cells and the level of differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) into NK cells in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). with SLE (n = 108), rheumatoid arthritis (RA; n = 90), Behcet's disease (n = 39), or ankylosing spondylitis (n = 41) and healthy control subjects (n = 173) were enrolled in the study."

"NK cell levels, NK cell cytotoxicities, and lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) activities against K562 cells were measured by flow cytometry. Gene expression was assessed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. NK...

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