Research Article
Dickkopf-1 Is a Biomarker for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Active Lupus Nephritis
Table 3
The abundances of Wnt-3A, FZD-8, and DKK-1 proteins in the sera and urine of patients with SLE.
| | | Serum SLE | Urine SLE | | | Non-LN-SLE () | LN-SLE () | | Non-LN-SLE () | LN-SLE () | |
| | Wnt-3A | 41.55 ± 2.20 (ng/mL) | 53.54 ± 3.44 | 0.0044 | 64.43 ± 1.25 | 64.69 ± 1.25 | 0.9805 | | FZD-8 | 5.16 ± 0.22 (ng/mL) | 5.49 ± 0.25 | 0.3961 | 5.64 ± 0.20 | 6.41 ± 0.21 | 0.0323 | | DKK-1 | 12.22 ± 0.55 (ng/mL) | 17.02 ± 0.72 | 0.000 | 2.58 ± 0.13 | 2.87 ± 0.22 | 0.2633 |
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Data represented the mean ± SEM; variance was analyzed by independent-samples -test using GraphPad Prism5. ; ; and .
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