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Caspase-1 is required for maintenance of marginal zone B cells in pristane-induced lupus.
Lupus - 1 Jan 2016
Morse M D, Clark K L, Cascalho M, Kahlenberg J M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Caspase-1 is required for nephritis and robust autoantibody development in the pristane model of murine lupus. The objective of this study was to evaluate the immune response and to study the splenic B and T cell populations in wild-type (WT) and caspase-1-/- mice following pristane injection in order to develop an understanding of why absence of caspase-1 is protective in pristane-induced lupus....
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