Immune responses to an early lytic cytomegalovirus antigen in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: T-cell responses, cytokine secretions and antibody status.

We investigated immune responses to a lytic cytomegalovirus antigen (CMVpp52), and to a lytic human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigen (HHV6p41), in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and healthy controls (HCs), in order to clarify if the previously established impaired responses to Epstein-Barr...

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Main Authors: Anette Holck Draborg, Niclas Stefan Rasmussen, Janni Lisander Larsen, Charlotte Sværke Jørgensen, Noreen Sandhu, Kristin Skogstrand, Søren Jacobsen, Gunnar Houen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5834189?pdf=render