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Immunoglobulin-like transcripts 6 (ILT6) polymorphism influences the anti-Ro60/52 autoantibody status in South Indian SLE patients.
Lupus - 1 Oct 2014
Devaraju P, Witte T, Schmidt R E, Gulati R, Negi V S
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INTRODUCTION: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disorder with complex etiology. Loss of immune tolerance against self-antigens results in activation of the immune system to produce autoantibodies, which in turn contribute to the clinical manifestations of the disease. Immune cells harbor a plethora of regulatory receptors. Immunoglobulin-like transcripts (ILTs) exhibit both immune...
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