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From: Increased oxidative stress contributes to impaired peripheral CD56dimCD57+ NK cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

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Peripheral CD56dimCD57+ NK cells underwent increased endogenous apoptosis in SLE patients. A Representative flow cytometric plot for apoptosis of NK cells (CD56dimCD57+ NK cell subset and CD56dimCD57− NK cell subset) in one HC and one SLE patient (Left panel). Comparison of total apoptotic rate of NK cell subsets between HCs (n = 10) and SLE patients (n = 19) (Right panel). B Comparison of Cleaved-caspase 3 level of CD56dimCD57+ NK cells in SLE patients (n = 6) and HCs (n = 4). C Comparison of Cleaved-caspase 9 level of CD56dimCD57+ NK cells in SLE patients (n = 8) and HCs (n = 8). (* P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001)

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