CD8⁺ Treg Cells Associated with Decreasing Disease Activity after Intravenous Methylprednisolone Pulse Therapy in Lupus Nephritis with Heavy Proteinuria

• Yi-Giien Tsai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Giien Tsai, Chia-Ying Lee

  Affiliations Departments of Pediatrics, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chia-Ying Lee ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Giien Tsai, Chia-Ying Lee

  Affiliation Division of Pediatric Nephrology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Tze-Yi Lin,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Ching-Yuang Lin

  * E-mail: cylin@mail.cmuh.org.tw

  Affiliations Division of Pediatric Nephrology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Clinical Immunology Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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