Changing the wolf from outside: how microbiota trigger systemic lupus erythematosus

Isabelle Peene^{1

2}, Dirk Elewaut^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ Unit Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, Inflammation Research Center, VIB-Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
² Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Ghent, Gent, Belgium.
³ Unit Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, Inflammation Research Center, VIB-Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium dirk.elewaut@ugent.be.

Editorial

Isabelle Peene et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Jul.

. 2019 Jul;78(7):867-869.

doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215221. Epub 2019 May 10.

Isabelle Peene^{1

2}, Dirk Elewaut^{3

2}

¹ Unit Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, Inflammation Research Center, VIB-Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
² Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Ghent, Gent, Belgium.
³ Unit Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, Inflammation Research Center, VIB-Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium dirk.elewaut@ugent.be.

No abstract available

Keywords: autoantibodies; autoimmunity; infections; inflammation; lupus nephritis.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Lupus nephritis is linked to disease-activity associated expansions and immunity to a gut commensal.
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