PGP and systemic lupus erythematosus: The terminal node three (n = 67) for patients with P-gp < 15.22 ng/mL and MIF < 15.75 ng/mL serum levels showed that an estimated 30% of SLE patients had steroid resistance, whereas more than 50% of patients with MIF levels ≥ 15.75 ng/mL presented steroid resistance in the terminal node four (n = 34).