Oxidative DNA Damage Accelerates Skin Inflammation in Pristane-Induced Lupus Model

    September 2020 in “ Frontiers in Immunology
    Gantsetseg Tumurkhuu, Shuang Chen, Erica N. Montano, Duygu Ercan Laguna, Gabriela De Los Santos, Jeong Min Yu, Malcolm Lane, M Yamashita, Janet L. Markman, Luz P. Blanco, Mariana J. Kaplan, Kenichi Shimada, Timothy R. Crother, Mariko Ishimori, Daniel J. Wallace, Caroline A. Jefferies, Moshe Arditi
    Studysummary In this study, researchers found that loss of OGG1 in a mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus increased IFN-driven immune responses and aggravated skin lesions, suggesting a protective role for OGG1 in SLE skin disease.
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