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Smoking Is Associated With Low Levels of Soluble PD-L1 in Rheumatoid Arthritis
BACKGROUND: Smoking is a risk factor for developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but the mechanism remains uncertain. We previously demonstrated that smoking lowers the T cell activation threshold by limiting programmed death protein 1 (PD-1) expression. AIM: To investigate how smoking influence the l...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6094959/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30140263 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.01677 |