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C1q regulatory region polymorphism down-regulating murine c1q protein levels with linkage to lupus nephritis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Aug 2002
Miura-Shimura Yuko, Nakamura Kazuhiro, Ohtsuji Mareki, Tomita Hideaki, Jiang Yi, Abe Masaaki, Zhang Danqing, Hamano Yoshitomo, Tsuda Hiroshi, Hashimoto Hiroshi, Nishimura Hiroyuki, Taki Shinsuke, Shirai Toshikazu, Hirose Sachiko
Abstract excerpt
Much of the pathology of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is caused by deposition of immune complexes (ICs) into various tissues, including renal glomeruli. Because clearance of ICs depends largely on early complement component C1q, homozygous C1q deficiency is a strong genetic risk factor in SLE, although it is rare in SLE patients overall. In this work we addressed the issue of whether genetic polymorphisms...
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