C-reactive protein (CRP) and anti-CRP autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus : a study on the occurrence and clinical implications of anti-CRP antibodies and CRP-mediated complement activation

C-reactive protein (CRP) and anti-CRP autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus : a study on the occurrence and clinical implications of anti-CRP antibodies and CRP-mediated complement activation

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by production of a wide range of autoantibodies, multiple organ involvement and by local formation or tissue deposition of immune complexes (ICs) in the inflamed organs. In contrast to most systemic inflammatory conditions, an...

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Main Author: Sjöwall, Christopher
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Reumatologi 2006
Subjects:
autoantibodies
complement activation
C-reactive protein
cytokines
immune complex
immunoregulation
opsonization
systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology
Reumatologi
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