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Immunology: DNA drives autoimmunity

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2002

Authors

Garcia De Vinuesa, Maria Carola
Goodnow, Christopher

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Macmillan Publishers Ltd

Abstract

In autoimmune diseases, a person's tissues are destroyed by their own immune system. IgG, a normal component of blood, provokes autoimmune responses when immune cells recognize it as a complex with DNA.

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Keywords: Blood; Cells; Immunology; Tissue; Immune cells; DNA; autoantibody; DNA; immunoglobulin G; lymphocyte antigen receptor; cell surface receptor; DNA binding protein; Drosophila protein; membrane protein; rheumatoid factor; TLR9 protein, human; Tlr9 protein,

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/94555

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ANU Research Publications

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Nature

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Journal article

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DOI

10.1038/416595a

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2037-12-31

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