Propionibacterium acnes-derived insoluble immune complexes in sinus macrophages of lymph nodes affected by sarcoidosis.
Yoshimi SuzukiKeisuke UchidaTamiko TakemuraMasaki SekineTomoki TamuraAsuka FurukawaAkira HebisawaYumi SakakibaraNobuyasu AwanoTomonari AmanoDaisuke KobayashiMariko NegiTomoya KakegawaYuriko WadaTakashi ItoTakashige SuzukiTakumi AkashiYoshinobu EishiPublished in: PloS one (2018)
P. acnes-derived IICs in sinus macrophages were frequent and abundant in sarcoid lymph nodes, suggesting a potential etiologic link between sarcoidosis and this commensal bacterium.