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Attenuation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase δ signaling restrains autoimmune disease.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 Jun 2012
Maxwell Mhairi J, Tsantikos Evelyn, Kong Anne M, Vanhaesebroeck Bart, Tarlinton David M, Hibbs Margaret L
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by the production of autoantibodies against nuclear components. Lyn-deficient mice are an excellent animal model of SLE manifesting clinical, pathological and biochemical features seen in the human disease. They develop autoreactive antibodies, glomerulonephritis and show generalized inflammation, and their B cells have a...
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