Urinary Cellular Profile as a Biomarker for Lupus Nephritis.
Abeer Ali AbdelatiNouran Y EshakHanaa M DoniaAmira H El-GirbyPublished in: Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases (2021)
Urinary CD8+, CD4+, and CD14+ cells are highly sensitive and specific markers for detecting proliferative LN. A low CD4:CD8 ratio provides a further clue. Urinary CD14 cell counts may be a potential biomarker to differentiate between the different classes of proliferative LN.