Anti-DNA autoantibodies initiate experimental lupus nephritis by binding directly to the glomerular basement membrane in mice

Kidney International

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-192

  Krishnan, Meera R ^a   Wang, Congmiao ^a,b   Marion, Tony N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Rheumatology   (China)

Author keywords

complement; immune complexes; lupus nephritis; proteinuria; systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DNA ANTIBODY; HEPARAN SULFATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DNA BINDING; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMATIN; DNA BINDING; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 84863334924     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2011.484     Document Type: Article

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