Pathophysiology of cutaneous lupus erythematosus

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Achtman, Jordan C ^a,b   Werth, Victoria P ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 5; LA ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN KINASE TYK2; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB; RO ANTIBODY; SM ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CYTOKINE;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; APOPTOSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; SKIN;

EID: 84938690926     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-015-0706-2     Document Type: Review

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