Molecular mimicry in innate immunity? The viral RNA recognition receptor TLR7 accelerates murine lupus

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1795-1799

  Anders, Hans Joachim ^a   Krug, Anne ^b   Pawar, Rahul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity; IFN; Kidney; TLR

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; VIRUS RNA; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; RNA;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL STRAIN; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC RISK; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; KIDNEY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; RNA; RNA, VIRAL; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 7;

EID: 50549089824     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838478     Document Type: Note

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