CCR6 and systemic lupus erythematosus: Thus, our data suggested that the distribution of CCR6+ Th cell populations correlates with anti-DNA status, and is consistent with previously published studies, which linked anti-DNA+ status of SLE patients with Th cells (Datta, 1998; Pisetsky, 2016; Podrebarac, Boisert & Goldstein, 1998; Ray, Putterman & Diamond, 1996).