Dysregulation in growth arrest-specific 5 and metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 gene expression predicts diagnosis and renal fibrosis in systemic lupus erythematosus patients

Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics

Table 4 Correlation between GAS5, MALAT1, and histopathological markers of activity and chronicity

Variable	Relative expression of GAS5		Relative expression of MALAT1
Variable	r	p value	r	p value
Endocapillary hypercellularity percentage	.218	.604	− .289	.487
Hyaline lesions	.184	.636	− .244	.527
Cellular crescents	− .105	.773	− .276	.440
Fibrinoid necrosis	− .501	.116	.300	.370
Karyorrhexis	.256	.475	− .294	.409
Interstitial infiltration	.071	.809	.322	.261
Sclerotic glomeruli	.615*	.044	− .080	.816
Fibrous crescents	.413	.270	− .411	.272
Atrophic tubules	.647*	.031	.077	.821
Interstitial fibrosis	.565*	.028	− .047	.869