Inhibition of Aberrant Circulating Tfh Cell Proportions by Corticosteroids in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Xuebing Feng; Dandan Wang; Jingjing Chen; Lin Lu; Bingzhu Hua; Xia Li; Betty P. Tsao; Lingyun Sun

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051982

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Inhibition of Aberrant Circulating Tfh Cell Proportions by Corticosteroids in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Xuebing Feng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xuebing Feng, Dandan Wang

* E-mail: fengxuebing@hotmail.com (XF); lingyunsun2001@yahoo.com.cn (LS)

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Dandan Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xuebing Feng, Dandan Wang

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Jingjing Chen,

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Lin Lu,

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Bingzhu Hua,

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Xia Li,

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Betty P. Tsao,

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Lingyun Sun

* E-mail: fengxuebing@hotmail.com (XF); lingyunsun2001@yahoo.com.cn (LS)

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Inhibition of Aberrant Circulating Tfh Cell Proportions by Corticosteroids in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Xuebing Feng,
Dandan Wang,
Jingjing Chen,
Lin Lu,
Bingzhu Hua,
Xia Li,
Betty P. Tsao,
Lingyun Sun

Published: December 17, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051982

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