DNA drives autoimmunity

Carola G. Vinuesa () and Christopher C. Goodnow ()
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Carola G. Vinuesa: Medical Genome Centre, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University
Christopher C. Goodnow: Medical Genome Centre, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University

Nature, 2002, vol. 416, issue 6881, 595-597

Abstract: In autoimmune diseases, a person's tissues are destroyed by their own immune system. IgG, a normal component of blood, provokes autoimmune responses when immune cells recognize it as a complex with DNA.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1038/416595a

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