A research study of the association between maternal microchimerism and systemic lupus erythematosus in adults: a comparison between patients and healthy controls based on single-nucleotide polymorphism using quantitative real-time PCR.

A research study of the association between maternal microchimerism and systemic lupus erythematosus in adults: a comparison between patients and healthy controls based on single-nucleotide polymorphism using quantitative real-time PCR.

<h4>Background</h4>Naturally acquired microchimerism may arise in the mother and her child during pregnancy when bidirectional trafficking of cells occurs through the placental barrier. The occurrence of maternal microchimerism (maternal cells in the offspring) has been associated with s...

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Main Authors: Anna Maria Jonsson Kanold, Elisabet Svenungsson, Iva Gunnarsson, Cecilia Götherström, Leonid Padyukov, Nikos Papadogiannakis, Mehmet Uzunel, Magnus Westgren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24040274/pdf/?tool=EBI

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24040274/pdf/?tool=EBI

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