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Features of systemic lupus erythematosus in Dnase1-deficient mice.
Nature genetics - 1 Jun 2000
Napirei M, Karsunky H, Zevnik B, Stephan H, Mannherz H G, Möröy T
Abstract excerpt
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multifactorial autoimmune disease that affects over one million people in the United States. SLE is characterized by the presence of anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) directed against naked DNA and entire nucleosomes. It is thought that the resulting immune complexes accumulate in vessel walls, glomeruli and joints and cause a hypersensitivity reaction type III, which manifests...
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