Serum levels of soluble programmed cell death protein 1 and soluble programmed cell death protein ligand 2 are increased in systemic lupus erythematosus and associated with the disease activity.
Shinya HiraharaYasuhiro KatsumataHidenaga KawasumiYashushi KawaguchiMasayoshi HarigaiPublished in: Lupus (2020)
The present study demonstrated the association of serum sPD-1 and sPD-L2 with SLE and suggests their usefulness as disease activity biomarkers for SLE.