Yuan yuan Niu Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Systemic lupus erythematosus; Bacille Calmette Guerin;Vaccination; Complement; Therapy; Immunology
Department of Internal Medicine, Huang Pu Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510700, China
Dr. Yuan Yuan Niu was an assistant professor of Department of Internal Medicine, Huang Pu Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510700, China and later he started his career in We have been determined that for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), after becoming infected with tuberculosis, the damages in their hematologic and complement systems were alleviated to a certain extent, this was an interesting phenomenon.
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Chen biao YU, Ren Jiang, Yuan yuan Niu, Wei Shiu, Qian Gao and Chang Ran Zhang
Background: We have been determined that for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), after becoming infected with tuberculosis, the damages in their hematologic and complement systems were alleviated to a certain extent, this was an interesting phenomenon. So we hypothesized that tuberculosis infection could be useful for treating the SLE activity.
Methods: In order to verify the above research conclusions, the animal experiments were conducted in combination with an SLE model mouse with BCG vaccinations.
Results: The research results showed that, for the mice receiving BCG vaccinations, the serum protein complement C4 concentration was significantly higher than that of the normal sal... view moreĀ»