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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
Evidence is to date accumulating to suggest that the nucleosome, the fundamental unit of chromatin and ubiquitous product of cell apoptosis, plays a key role in the pathogeny of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Nucleosomes play a central role in the antinuclear antibody response in SLE. Lupus anti-dsDNA and antihistone antibodies are directed towards nucleosomes and belong together with nucleosome-specific antibodies to a broad anti-nucleosome antibody family. Besides anti-dsDNA, nucleosome-specific antibodies have a major role in the pathophysiology of SLE and emphazise the role of nucleosome-antinucleosome immune complexes. Antinucleosome IgG antibodies are a more sensitive marker of SLE than anti-dsDNA. High levels of antinucleosome IgG are almost exclusively found in SLE. Antinucleosome IgG3 are strongly correlated with the SLE disease activity index. Nucleosome can bind to the surface of several cell types and mediate the binding of antinucleosome antibodies. Understanding of the key role of the nucleosome has opened new therapeutic intervention in SLE, such a tolerance induction to the subnucleosomal particles.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0003-410X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
154
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
25-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
[Role of the nucleosome in the physiopathology of systemic lupus erythematosus].
pubmed:affiliation
Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13. zahir.amoura@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review