Toll-like receptor 9 controls anti-DNA autoantibody production in murine lupus

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 321-331

  Christensen, Sean R ^a   Kashgarian, Michael ^a   Alexopoulou, Lena ^b   Flavell, Richard A ^a   Akira, Shizuo ^c,d   Shlomchik, Mark J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; DNA ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RNA; SM ANTIBODY; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CPG ISLAND; MOUSE; NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODY FORMATION; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 22944490869     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20050338     Document Type: Article

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