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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2007

Autoantibody selection and production in early human life.

Eric Meffre, Jane E Salmon

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Eric MeffreHospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA. meffree@hss.edu
Jane E Salmon

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural antibodies are autoreactive/polyreactive antibodies believed to be secreted in the absence of xenoantigens. The origin and functional role of this limited and selective autoimmunity are not clear, nor is the specificity and range of autoantigens that drive the development of B cells producing natural antibodies. In this issue of the JCI, Merbl et al. report that in utero, humans generate natural IgM and IgA antibodies that recognize a uniform set of autoantigens (see the related article beginning on page 712), some of which are associated with autoimmune diseases. The authors postulate that this "autoimmunity" at birth favors the emergence of autoimmune diseases in later life. We present a molecular basis for the limited and common repertoire of antibodies produced by fetal B cells, which may be distinct from the abnormalities in B cell development described in patients with autoimmune diseases.

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AutoimmunityAntibody FormationAutoantibodiesAutoimmune DiseasesB-LymphocytesFemaleFetusHumansImmune ToleranceImmunoglobulin AImmunoglobulin MInfant, NewbornParturitionUterusAutoantibodiesImmunoglobulin AImmunoglobulin M

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PMID17332890
PMCPMC1804337

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