Abbreviations | ||
autoAb | = | autoantibody |
autoAg | = | autoantigen |
bp | = | basepair |
DC | = | dendritic cell |
DNase | = | deoxyribonuclease |
ds | = | double-stranded |
IL | = | interleukin |
SLE | = | systemic lupus erythematosus |
Th | = | T-helper |
TLR | = | toll-like receptor |
Acknowledgements
We thank Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Rammensee (Tübingen, Germany) for critical reading of the manuscript. This work was supported by a Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) grant (DE 879/1-1) as well as a fortüne grant (Forschungsprogramm der Tübinger Medizinischen Fakultät, Nr. 1451-0-0) and a IZKF-Nachwuchsgruppe grant (Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für klinische Forschung Tübingen, Nr. 1604-0-0) to Dr. Patrice Decker.