EVIDENCE FOR IMPAIRED T-CELL DNA METHYLATION IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS AND RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS
EVIDENCE FOR IMPAIRED T-CELL DNA METHYLATION IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS AND RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS
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DOI:
10.1002/art.1780331109
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发表时间:
1990-11-01
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通讯作者:
JOHNSON, M
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RICHARDSON, B;SCHEINBART, L;JOHNSON, M
Procainamide and hydralazine inhibit T cell DNA methylation and induce autoreactivity in cloned CD4+ T cells. These drugs also induce an autoimmune syndrome, suggesting a possible relationship between DNA hypomethylation, T cell autoreactivity, and certain autoimmune diseases. To test this relationship, DNA methylation was studied in T cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis and patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, and was found to be impaired. These results support a relationship between DNA hypomethylation and some forms of autoimmune disease.