Overexpression of the growth arrest and DNA damage-induced 45α gene contributes to autoimmunity by promoting DNA demethylation in lupus T cells

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1438-1447

  Li, Yaping ^a   Zhao, Ming ^a   Yin, Heng ^a   Gao, Fei ^a   Wu, Xiaoyan ^a   Luo, Yongqi ^a   Zhao, Sha ^a   Zhang, Xiujuan ^a   Su, Yuwen ^a   Hu, Nan ^a   Long, Hai ^a   Richardson, Bruce ^b   Lu, Qianjin ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; CD70 ANTIGEN; DNA; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GADD45ALPHA GENE; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD11A; ANTIGENS, CD70; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951745847     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.27363     Document Type: Article

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