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EBV latent membrane protein 2A induces autoreactive B cell activation and TLR hypersensitivity.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Sept 2006
Wang Hongsheng, Nicholas Matilda W, Conway Kara L, Sen Pradip, Diz Ramiro, Tisch Roland M, Clarke Stephen H
Abstract excerpt
EBV is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but how it might contribute to the etiology is not clear. Since EBV-encoded latent membrane protein 2A (LMP2A) interferes with normal B cell differentiation and function, we sought to determine its effect on B cell tolerance. Mice transgenic for both LMP2A and the Ig transgene 2-12H specific for the ribonucleoprotein Smith (Sm), a target of the immune...
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