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Type I interferon signaling is involved in the spontaneous development of lupus-like disease in B6.Nba2 and (B6.Nba2 x NZW)F(1) mice.
Genes and immunity - 1 Dec 2007
Jørgensen T N, Roper E, Thurman J M, Marrack P, Kotzin B L
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have described a role for type I interferons (IFNalphabeta) in the initiation and/or prolongation of autoimmune diseases. Most pronounced has been the association of disease activity with what is now known as 'the interferon signature' of gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from lupus patients. In correlation, studies have shown that inhibition of IFNalphabeta signaling abrogates...
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