Advances in understanding the pathogenesis of autoimmune disorders: focus on chemokines and lymphocyte trafficking

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Lymphocyte trafficking is a key step in the pathogenesis of various autoimmune diseases. Recruitment of autoreactive lymphocytes to inflamed tissues is a defining feature of numerous persistent organ-specific autoimmune conditions and various therapies are now used in several of these diseases which appear to specifically block lymphocyte migration. Thus, better understanding of the molecular events involved in...

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