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IL-34–Dependent Intrarenal and Systemic Mechanisms Promote Lupus Nephritis in MRL-Faslpr Mice
Author(s) -
Yukihiro Wada,
Hilda M. González-Sánchez,
Julia WeinmannMenke,
Yasunori Iwata,
Amrendra K. Ajay,
Myriam Meineck,
Vicki Rubin Kelley
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.451
H-Index - 279
eISSN - 1533-3450
pISSN - 1046-6673
DOI - 10.1681/asn.2018090901
Subject(s) - lupus nephritis , systemic lupus erythematosus , nephritis , autoantibody , medicine , immunology , kidney , glomerulonephritis , disease , antibody
In people with SLE and in the MRL- Fas lpr lupus mouse model, macrophages and autoantibodies are central to lupus nephritis. IL-34 mediates macrophage survival and proliferation, is expressed by tubular epithelial cells (TECs), and binds to the cFMS receptor on macrophages and to a newly identified second receptor, PTPRZ.

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