Journal of Leukocyte Biology: An Official Publication of the Reticuloendothelial Society | |
Recent findings on the role of natural killer cells in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus | |
关键词: SLE; autoimmunity; MRL/MpJ; PBMC; MRL/MpJlpr; Lupus nephritis; | |
DOI : 10.1189/jlb.4RU0315-081RR | |
学科分类:生理学 | |
来源: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology | |
【 摘 要 】
Systemiclupuserythematosusisachronic,multifactorialautoimmunediseaseofcomplexetiology,characterizedbylossoftolerancetonuclearautoantigens,expansionofautoreactiveTandBcellclones,polyclonalBcellactivationthatgivesrisetohypergammaglobulinemia,andincreasedautoantibodyproduction,aswellasimmunecomplexdepositionandmultiorgantissueinflammation.Asdiseaseprogresses,immunecells,mainlyTcellsandmacrophages,infiltrateaffectedorgansandamplifythelocalinflammatoryresponse.Naturalkillercellsarelarge,granularlymphocytesthatareanimportantlinkbetweentheinnateandadaptiveimmunesystems;variationsintheiractivitycorrelatewithseveralautoimmunediseases.Todate,theliteraturehasdisregardednaturalkillercellsasrelevantmodulatorsinsystemiclupuserythematosuspathogenesis,asthesecellsarefewinnumberandshowadysfunctionalphenotypeinpatientswithactivesystemiclupuserythematosus.Thisreviewfocusesonresearchthatcouldhelpdefinetheroleofnaturalkillercellsinsystemiclupuserythematosusandtheirfunctioninregulatingthisautoimmunedisorderinnonlymphoidorgans...
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