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01-12-2012 | Poster presentation
Increased concentration of serum soluble LAG3 in systemic lupus erythematosus
Authors:
Seri Yu, Keishi Fujio, Kazuyoshi Ishigaki, Hirofumi Shoda, Tomohisa Okamura, Tanita Noor, Shuji Sumitomo, Kazuhiko Yamamoto
Published in:
Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Special Issue 1/2012
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Excerpt
In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), type I interferon and plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) are supposed to play important roles. However, there are few evidences for pDCs activation in SLE. Murine pDCs are reported to produce soluble LAG3 (sLAG3) upon activation and pDCs are responsible for most of sLAG3 in mice serum [1]. Therefore, serum sLAG3 concentration was examined in SLE and other autoimmune diseases. …