Down-Regulated NOD2 by Immunosuppressants in Peripheral Blood Cells in Patients with SLE Reduces the Muramyl Dipeptide-Induced IL-10 Production

• Shui-Lian Yu,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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• Chun-Kwok Wong,

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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• Purple Tsz-Yan Wong,

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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• Da-Peng Chen,

  Affiliations Department of Chemical Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

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• Cheuk-Chun Szeto,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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• Edmund K. Li,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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• Lai-Shan Tam

  * E-mail: lstam@cuhk.edu.hk

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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