Circulating Level of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Is Not a Useful Biomarker for Assessing Disease Activity in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis

Huan Wang; Li-Li Sha; Tian-Tian Ma; Lu-Xia Zhang; Min Chen; Ming-Hui Zhao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148197

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Circulating Level of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Is Not a Useful Biomarker for Assessing Disease Activity in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis

Huan Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Huan Wang, Li-Li Sha

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University, First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100034, China
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Li-Li Sha ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Huan Wang, Li-Li Sha

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University, First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100034, China, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China
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Tian-Tian Ma,

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University, First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100034, China
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Lu-Xia Zhang,

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University, First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100034, China
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Min Chen ,

* E-mail: chenmin74@sina.com

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University, First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100034, China
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Ming-Hui Zhao

Affiliations Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University, First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing 100034, China, Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100034, China, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100034, China
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Circulating Level of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Is Not a Useful Biomarker for Assessing Disease Activity in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis

Huan Wang,
Li-Li Sha,
Tian-Tian Ma,
Lu-Xia Zhang,
Min Chen,
Ming-Hui Zhao

Published: February 3, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148197

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