Gender bias in lupus: Does immune response initiated in the gut mucosa have a role?

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 393-407

  Gaudreau, M C ^a   Johnson, B M ^a   Gudi, R ^a   Al Gadban, M M ^a   Vasu, C ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Gender bias; Gut mucosa; Inflammation; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA4BETA7 INTEGRIN; CD45 ANTIGEN; INTEGRIN; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 19; INTERLEUKIN 22; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTACOID; AUTOANTIBODY; CYTOKINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LAMINA PROPRIA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MALE; MOUSE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOID TISSUE; METABOLISM; PROTEINURIA; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIGENS, CD45; AUTOANTIBODIES; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINURIA; SEX FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 84929510502     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cei.12587     Document Type: Article

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