Synapses pruned in lupus

Sarah McGlasson and David Hunt ()
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Sarah McGlasson: Anne Rowling Clinic and MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh
David Hunt: Anne Rowling Clinic and MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh

Nature, 2017, vol. 546, issue 7659, 482-483

Abstract: Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can cause brain dysfunction. Studies in mouse models of lupus find that interferon proteins can cause the brain's immune cells to trim the synaptic connections between neurons. See Letter p.539

Date: 2017
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