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DNA hypomethylation is crucial for apoptotic DNA to induce systemic lupus erythematosus-like autoimmune disease in SLE-non-susceptible mice
5 Aug 2007
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OBJECTIVES: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by serological presence of anti-double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) antibodies and its pathogenesis remains unclarified. Our previous work found that syngeneic activated lymphocyte-derived DNA (ALD-DNA) induced SLE-like autoimmune disease in the SLE-non-prone BALB/c mice. Here, the biological and chemical characteristics of the somatic DNA were focused upon...
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