The pathogenesis and diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus: Still not resolved

Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 301-311

  Rekvig, Ole Petter ^a   Van Der Vlag, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chromatin; DNaseI; Lupus nephritis; NETs; Renal; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CHROMATIN;

APOPTOSIS; CHROMATIN; DENDRITIC CELL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNASEI GENE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; APOPTOSIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHROMATIN; DENDRITIC CELLS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84902306094     PISSN: 18632297     EISSN: 18632300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00281-014-0428-6     Document Type: Review

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