Th17-Related Cytokines in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathies: A Possible Linkage to Parvovirus B19 Infection

• Der-Yuan Chen,

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medical Education, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Science and Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Yi-Ming Chen,

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medical Education, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Science and Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Bor-Show Tzang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bor-Show Tzang, Tsai-Ching Hsu

  * E-mail: bstzang@csmu.edu.tw (BST); htc@csmu.edu.tw (TCH)

  Affiliations Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Immunology Research Center, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Clinical Laboratory, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Joung-Liang Lan,

  Affiliations Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Tsai-Ching Hsu

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bor-Show Tzang, Tsai-Ching Hsu

  * E-mail: bstzang@csmu.edu.tw (BST); htc@csmu.edu.tw (TCH)

  Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Immunology Research Center, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Clinical Laboratory, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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