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    Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as a biomarker of disease activity in pediatric lupus nephritis

    We hypothesized that neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is an early predictive biomarker of disease activity in lupus nephritis. NGAL in serial plasma (PNGAL) and urine (UNGAL) samples was measu...

    Michiko Suzuki, Kristina M. Wiers, Marisa S. Klein-Gitelman in Pediatric Nephrology (2008)

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    1α ,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 activates T cells of tumor bearers through protein phosphatase 2A

     The sterol 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] can inhibit T cell activation as well as restore the functional competence of suppressed T cells. The present studies determined whether 1,25(OH)2D3 had a diffe...

    Kristina M. Wiers, Yvonne Lozano, K. A. N. Messignham in Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy (1997)