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Anti-DNA antibodies from autoimmune mice arise by clonal expansion and somatic mutation.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 1 Jan 1990
Shlomchik M, Mascelli M, Shan H, Radic M Z, Pisetsky D, Marshak-Rothstein A, Weigert M
Abstract excerpt
The proximate cause of autoantibodies characteristic of systemic autoimmune diseases has been controversial. One hypothesis is that autoantibodies are the result of polyclonal nonspecific B cell activation. Alternatively, autoantibodies could be the result of antigen-driven B cell activation, as observed in secondary immune responses. We have approached this question by studying monoclonal anti-DNA autoantibodies...
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