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Last Updated: Oct 11, 2012 - 10:22:56 PM
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How lupus T cells lose IL-2

Apr 3, 2005 - 1:11:00 PM
The researchers find that sera from lupus patients contains antibodies that bind to T cells and activate a complex cellular signaling cascade that ultimately results in decreased IL-2 production. This deficiency in IL-2 could result in the autoantibody production that occurs in lupus.

 
[RxPG] Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that causes inflammation, particularly of the skin, joints, blood, and kidneys. Patients with lupus produce antibodies against their own proteins. Patients also have immune T cells that produce a protein called IL-2, which normally usually protects against infection, at lower than typical levels. In a study appearing in the April 1 print edition of The Journal of Clinical Investigation, George Tsokos and colleagues from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research explore the mechanisms underlying this decreased IL-2 production.

The researchers find that sera from lupus patients contains antibodies that bind to T cells and activate a complex cellular signaling cascade that ultimately results in decreased IL-2 production. This deficiency in IL-2 could result in the autoantibody production that occurs in lupus.

In an accompanying commentary, Gary Kammer of Arthritis Associates, Inc points out "the contribution by Tsokos and his colleaguesÂ…provides a new appreciation and insight into how the microenvironment in lupus can further impinge on a defective T cell to inhibit IL-2 production. From such studies will come the inspiration and novel approaches necessary to develop therapeutic tools to abate disease and improve the quality of life of our patients."



Publication: TITLE: Systemic lupus erythematosus serum IgG increases CREM binding to the IL-2 promoter and suppresses IL-2 production through CaMKIV
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 Additional information about the news article
AUTHOR CONTACT:
George C. Tsokos
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Phone: (301) 319-9911; Fax: (301) 319-9133; E-mail: [email protected]

View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=22854

ACCOMPANYING COMMENTARY:

TITLE: Altered regulation of IL-2 production in systemic lupus erythematosus: an evolving paradigm

AUTHOR CONTACT:
Gary M. Kammer
Arthritis Associates Inc., Willoughby, Ohio, USA.
Phone: (440) 953-8700; Fax: (440) 953-8796; E-mail: [email protected]
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