Lupus nephritis is linked to disease-activity associated expansions and immunity to a gut commensal.

Doua AzzouzAidana OmarbekovaAdriana HeguyDominik SchwudkeNicolas GischBrad H RovinRoberto CaricchioJill P BuyonAlexander V AlekseyenkoGregg J Silverman

Published in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2019)

These findings suggest a novel paradigm in which specific strains of a gut commensal may contribute to the immune pathogenesis of lupus nephritis.

Keyphrases

disease activity
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic lupus erythematosus
rheumatoid arthritis patients
ankylosing spondylitis
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
escherichia coli
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