Objective To evaluate whether the classification of patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) according to ANCA type (anti-proteinase 3 (PR3) or ...
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by the inflammation of blood vessels, and it has been demonstrated that ...
Myeloperoxidase activity in skin was measured essentially as described 9 except that supernatants from skin homogenates were 'normalized' for protein concentration before assay. Data are expressed ...
1 Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 2 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Laboratory of Pneumology, KU Leuven, ...
A 50-year-old female patient presented to the emergency room with intermittent fever and bilateral upper/lower limb weakness for 2 weeks and intermittent abdominal pain for 1 week. On general ...
Negatively correlations of %ILC2 with granulocytes products and type 2 response proteins like myeloperoxidase (MPO), vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA), amphiregulin (AREG), and chitinase-3 ...
Objectives Current evidence suggests that nesiritide may have effects on renal function and decrease the incidence of mortality. However, a clear superiority using nesiritide in terms of renal ...
Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, Division of Infection, Inflammation and Repair, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK Correspondence to: Dr R ...
Other clinical features include: The patient has the following antibodies: P-ANCA positive with perinuclear pattern (anti-myeloperoxidase [MPO]). He is negative for C-ANCA antibodies (serine ...