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Interrogating Individual Autoreactive Germinal Centers by Photoactivation in a Mixed Chimeric Model of Autoimmunity
Published on: April 11, 2019
One year in autoimmunity
1Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis School of Medicine, GBSF, 451 E. Health Sciences Drive, Suite 6515, Davis, CA 95616, United States; Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Luigi Sacco, University of Milan, Italy.
Abstract:
The past 12 months have witnessed several critical advancements and new particularly promising lines of evidence on the pathogenesis and clinical management of autoimmune diseases. The aim of the present article is to briefly review such progress in specific conditions as well as in autoimmunity in general by highlighting papers published in the Journal of Autoimmunity and in Autoimmunity Reviews. These data cumulatively support the hypothesis that autoimmunity is multifactorial but that specific diseases cluster together; they also continue to reflect the critical relationships between genetics and environmental triggers.
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