Affinity maturation generates pathogenic antibodies with dual reactivity to DNase1L3 and dsDNA in systemic lupus erythematosus

Antibodies directed against DNA in systemic lupus erythematosus are functionally diverse. This study demonstrates that DNAse1L3 is the primary target of a subset of autoantibodies previously considered specific for double-stranded DNA.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eduardo Gomez-Bañuelos, Yikai Yu, Jessica Li, Kevin S. Cashman, Merlin Paz, Maria Isabel Trejo-Zambrano, Regina Bugrovsky, Youliang Wang, Asiya Seema Chida, Cheryl A. Sherman-Baust, Dylan P. Ferris, Daniel W. Goldman, Erika Darrah, Michelle Petri, Iñaki Sanz, Felipe Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37083-x
Description
Summary:Antibodies directed against DNA in systemic lupus erythematosus are functionally diverse. This study demonstrates that DNAse1L3 is the primary target of a subset of autoantibodies previously considered specific for double-stranded DNA.
ISSN:2041-1723