The origin and significance of anti-DNA antibodies.

Immunol Today

The Bloomsbury Rheumatology Department, University College and The Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, UK; The Department of Internal Medicine D and Research Units of Autoimmune Diseases, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Published: October 2014

Polyreactive autoantibodies able to bind double-stranded DNA are a characteristic of systemic lucus erytheamtosus. Here, David Isenberg and Yehuda Shoenfeld discuss the likelihood that DNA is the immunogen in this disorder, and review a number of cross-reactions that may underline the detection of the antibodies.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-5699(87)90189-7DOI Listing

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