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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-18
pubmed:abstractText
Patients with active SLE often have an ongoing production of IFN-alpha. We therefore searched for an endogenous IFN-alpha-inducing factor (IIF) in SLE patients and found that their sera frequently induced production of IFN-alpha in cultures of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from healthy blood donors, especially when the PBMC were costimulated with the cytokines IFN-alpha2b and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). The phenotype of the IFN-alpha-producing cells (IPC) as determined by flow cytometry corresponded to that of the natural IPC, resembling immature dendritic cells. The IIF activity in SLE sera was sometimes as high as that of a virus and was present especially in patients with active disease and with measurable IFN-alpha levels in serum. The IIF had an apparent molecular weight of 300-1000 kD and appeared to consist of both immunoglobulin and DNA, possibly being immune complexes. This endogenous IFN-alpha inducer may be of pathogenic significance, since a reported occasional adverse effect of IFN-alpha therapy in patients with non-autoimmune disorders is development of anti-dsDNA antibodies and SLE.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0009-9104
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
196-202
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a circulating inducer of interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) production acting on leucocytes resembling immature dendritic cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Division of Immunology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't