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Toll-like receptor expression in lupus peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

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2007

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Kiyoshi Migita, Taichiro Miyashita, Yümi Maeda, Minoru Nakamura, Hiroshi Yatsuhashi, Hironori Kimura, Hiromi Ishibashi, Katsumi Eguchi
PubMed

Abstract

Our results show that human peripheral blood B cells express TLR9 and that its expression is increased in patients with SLE. This upregulated expression of TLR9 in B cells may be related to the abnormal B cell hyperactivity in patients with SLE.