Table 3 Serum treatments for changes in ciGEnC IL-1β and IL-6 secretion. Age, gender, ethnicity, renal BILAG scores and medications for JSLE patients; age, gender and ethnicity for paediatric healthy controls (N = 6/group).

From: The human glomerular endothelial cells are potent pro-inflammatory contributors in an in vitro model of lupus nephritis

Demographics

Active LN (6)

Inactive LN (6)

Healthy Controls (6)

Age (years) (median [range])

15.53 [12.18–16.58]

14.55 [11.03–17.79]

14.9 [12.12–16.6]

Age at diagnosis (years) (median [range])

12.8 [6.28–13.29]

10.46 [6.28–16.88]

Females (%)

100 (6)

100 (6)

100 (6)

Nationality (%)

16.6 (1)

33.3 (2)

100 (6)

   White British

16.6 (1)

16.6 (1)

0

   Chinese

33.3 (2)

33.3 (2)

0

   Somali

16.6 (1)

16.6 (1)

0

   African

16.6 (1)

0

0

   Indian

   

Renal BILAG score (%)

16.7% (1)

66.7% (4)

   A

83.3% (5)

33.3% (2)

 

   B

   

   D

   

   E

   

Renal disease manifestations (%)

16.6 (1)

0

   Renal Hypertension (%)

239.3 [0.7–592.4]

7.5 [0.8–8.8]

 

   Urine ACR (mg/dL) (median [range])

45 [37–62]

51 [30–61]

 

   Renal Creatinine (mg/dL) (median [range])

138 [99.8–158.1]

121.5 [99.1–181.9]

 

   Estimated GFR (mL/min/1.73 m²) (median [range])

   

Medications (patient n-number)

4

3

   Hydroxychloroquine

0

3

 

   Azathioprine

6

3

 

   Mycophenolate mofetil

5

5

 

   Prednisolone

0

0

 

   Methotrexate (oral)

1

0

 

   Rituximab

1

0

 

   Cyclophosphamide