Decreased Expression of Innate Immunity-Related Genes in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Patients with IgG4-Related Disease.

IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a new clinical entity of unknown etiology characterized by elevated serum IgG4 and tissue infiltration by IgG4-positive plasma cells. Although aberrancies in acquired immune system functions, including increases in Th2 and Treg cytokines observed in patients with Ig...

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Main Authors: Akio Nakajima, Yasufumi Masaki, Takuji Nakamura, Takafumi Kawanami, Yasuhito Ishigaki, Tsutomu Takegami, Mitsuhiro Kawano, Kazunori Yamada, Norifumi Tsukamoto, Shoko Matsui, Takako Saeki, Kazuichi Okazaki, Terumi Kamisawa, Taiichiro Miyashita, Yoshihiro Yakushijin, Keita Fujikawa, Motohisa Yamamoto, Hideaki Hamano, Tomoki Origuchi, Shintaro Hirata, Hiroto Tsuboi, Takayuki Sumida, Hisanori Morimoto, Tomomi Sato, Haruka Iwao, Miyuki Miki, Tomoyuki Sakai, Yoshimasa Fujita, Masao Tanaka, Toshihiro Fukushima, Toshiro Okazaki, Hisanori Umehara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4431830?pdf=render