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Interferon regulatory factors: critical mediators of human lupus.
Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine - 1 Feb 2015
Jensen Mark A, Niewold Timothy B
Abstract excerpt
The pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is multifactorial, and the interferon regulatory factors (IRFs) play an important role. Autoantibodies formed in SLE target nuclear antigens, and immune complexes formed by these antibodies contain nucleic acid. These immune complexes can activate antiviral pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), resulting in the downstream activation of IRFs, which can induce...
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