Altered function and differentiation of age-associated B cells contribute to the female bias in lupus mice

Autor: Edd Ricker, Michela Manni, Danny Flores-Castro, Daniel Jenkins, Sanjay Gupta, Juan Rivera-Correa, Wenzhao Meng, Aaron M. Rosenfeld, Tania Pannellini, Mahesh Bachu, Yurii Chinenov, Peter K. Sculco, Rolf Jessberger, Eline T. Luning Prak, Alessandra B. Pernis
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-21 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25102-8
Popis: Autoimmunity mediated by age-associated B cells (ABC) can affect males and females differently. Here, using a lupus-like mouse model that affects females more severely, the authors observe an ABC mediated and guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) restrained pathogenic process involving TLR7.
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