High occurrence of in vitro apoptosis of lymphocytes induced by serum from systemic lupus erythematosus patients is associated with increased serum levels of anti-C1q autoantibodies

Background The ethiopathogenesis of increased apoptosis of lymphocytes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is still incompletely understood but anti‐C1q autoantibodies have been shown to induce apoptosis in lymphocytes from healthy donors and certain cell lines. Aim This study was undertaken to in...

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