CXCL13 Promotes Proliferation of Mesangial Cells by Combination with CXCR5 in SLE

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients with SLE and healthy controls.

	SLE	Controls		LN	NLN
Number	70	32	—	34	36	—
Sex (female/male)	63/7	29/3	0.8	33/1	30/6	0.1
Age (years)			0.5			0.2
SLEDAI score		—	—			0.001

SLEDAI: systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index.