Article
Potential role of IFNα in adult lupus.
Arthritis research & therapy - 1 Jan 2010
Rönnblom Lars
Abstract excerpt
Patients with lupus have a continuous production of IFNα and display an increased expression of IFNα-regulated genes. The reason for the ongoing IFNα synthesis in these patients seems to be an activation of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) by immune complexes (ICs), consisting of autoantibodies in combination with DNA-containing or RNA-containing autoantigens. The mechanisms behind the activation of pDCs by...
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