Anti-enolase １antibodies from a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus accompanied by pulmonary arterial hypertension promote migration of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells.

CONCLUSION: Patients with SLE may possess autoantibodies to enolase 1 which stimulate the migration of PASMCs and are likely to play a role in the progression of PAH. PMID: 31866401 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31866401?dopt=Abstract

Source: Immunology Letters - December 18, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Kato Y, Kasama T, Soejima M, Kubota T Tags: Immunol Lett Source Type: research

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