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Article: Pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus

TitlePathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus
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Issue Date2003
PublisherB M J Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://jcp.bmjjournals.com/
Citation
Journal Of Clinical Pathology, 2003, v. 56 n. 7, p. 481-490 How to Cite?
AbstractThe exact patho-aetiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) remains elusive. An extremely complicated and multifactorial interaction among various genetic and environmental factors is probably involved. Multiple genes contribute to disease susceptibility. The interaction of sex, hormonal milieu, and the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis modifies this susceptibility and the clinical expression of the disease. Defective immune regulatory mechanisms, such as the clearance of apoptotic cells and immune complexes, are important contributors to the development of SLE. The loss of immune tolerance, increased antigenic load, excess T cell help, defective B cell suppression, and the shifting of T helper 1 (Th1) to Th2 immune responses leads to B cell hyperactivity and the production of pathogenic autoantibodies. Finally, certain environmental factors are probably required to trigger the disease.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/42158
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.5
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.934
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dc.description.abstractThe exact patho-aetiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) remains elusive. An extremely complicated and multifactorial interaction among various genetic and environmental factors is probably involved. Multiple genes contribute to disease susceptibility. The interaction of sex, hormonal milieu, and the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis modifies this susceptibility and the clinical expression of the disease. Defective immune regulatory mechanisms, such as the clearance of apoptotic cells and immune complexes, are important contributors to the development of SLE. The loss of immune tolerance, increased antigenic load, excess T cell help, defective B cell suppression, and the shifting of T helper 1 (Th1) to Th2 immune responses leads to B cell hyperactivity and the production of pathogenic autoantibodies. Finally, certain environmental factors are probably required to trigger the disease.en_HK
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dc.rightsJournal of Clinical Pathology. Copyright © B M J Publishing Group.en_HK
dc.subject.meshAntibody formationen_HK
dc.subject.meshAutoantibodies - immunologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshB-lymphocytesen_HK
dc.subject.meshCytokinesen_HK
dc.subject.meshLupus erythematosus, systemicen_HK
dc.titlePathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosusen_HK
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