The Role of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells and Natural Killer Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by autoantibody production, which can eventually lead to immune complex (IC)-mediated organ damage. Due to the stimulation of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) by nucleic acid-containing ICs (DNA- or RNA-IC), patients with SL...

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Main Author: Hagberg, Niklas
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Reumatologi 2014
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-213674
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