Pathology and immunology of lupus glomerulonephritis: Can we bridge the two?

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 223-231

  Liapis, Helen ^a   Tsokos, George C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hematoxylin bodies; Lupus nephritis; Nucleosomes; Pathology

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5B; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9; FAS LIGAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MYOSIN; NEPHRITOGENIC ANTIGEN; SERUM AMYLOID P;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; APOPTOSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; APOPTOSIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUPUS NEPHRITIS;

EID: 34248140220     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-006-9170-x     Document Type: Review

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