Prolactin and Dehydroepiandrosterone Levels in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Role of the Extrapituitary Prolactin Promoter Polymorphism at −1149G/T

Figure 4

The genotype TT prolactin levels and expression. A significant number of lupus patients with the TT genotype demonstrated higher levels of prolactin expression (a) () and protein serum levels (b) (). There were no significant differences in expression or serum levels in the other genotypes GT (c) and GG (d).

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