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New insights that link microbes with the generation of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies: the theory of autoantigen complementarity.
Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension - 1 May 2005
Preston Gloria A, Pendergraft William F, Falk Ronald J
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Reviewed are recent discoveries that provide insights into novel mechanisms involved in the aetiology and pathology of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA) disease. RECENT FINDINGS: Gene expression profiles of circulating leukocytes from anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody immunogenesis patients revealed high levels of proteinase 3 (PR3) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) mRNA....
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