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Open AccessSonological predictors of complications of percutaneous renal biopsy—a prospective observational study
Percutaneous renal biopsy, although essential for renal disease diagnosis, is associated with a number of post-biopsy complications ranging from gross haematuria to AV fistula to death. In this study, we carri...
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Open AccessPatients with enthesitis related arthritis show similar monocyte function pattern as seen in adult axial spondyloarthropathy
Axial SpA and Enthesitis related arthritis (ERA) patients show strong HLA-B27 association, gut dysbiosis, high toll like receptor (TLR)2 and 4 expression on monocytes, pro-inflammatory cytokine production and ...
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Evidence for M2 macrophage activation in patients with enthesitis-related arthritis category of juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Recently, an increase in CD163+ macrophages in ileal biopsies from ankylosing spondylitis patients and an increase in intermediate monocytes in enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) have been reported. Thus, we stud...
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M2 macrophages and their role in rheumatic diseases
As a component of the innate immune system, macrophages play a crucial role in host defense against a variety of microbes. Conventionally, macrophages have been classified as M1 and M2 depending on their pheno...
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Tenascin-C, a biomarker of disease activity in early ankylosing spondylitis
Monocytes of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) over-express toll-like receptor (TLR) 4. Tenascin-C (TNC) is an endogenous TLR4 ligand. Thus, we studied the serum and synovial fluid levels of TNC in AS....
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Elevated levels of serum MRP8/14 in ankylosing spondylitis: associated with peripheral arthritis and active disease
Monocytes of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) overexpression on their monocytes. Myeloid-related protein (MRP) 8/14 protein complexes are calcium-binding proteins, whi...
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Influence of concentration of redox couple on freeze–thaw stability of styrene-acrylic copolymer latex
Styrene-acrylic copolymer latexes were synthesized by emulsion polymerization process using sodium formaldehyde sulphoxylate (SFS) and tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as redox initiators. Approximately 100% conve...