PMID: 9536396Apr 16, 1998Paper

HIV infection and SLE: their pathogenic relationship

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
I SekigawaN Maruyama

Abstract

Retroviruses have repeatedly been suggested as a possible trigger mechanism for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We review the role of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 envelope glycoprotein (gp120) in the induction of immune dysregulation including autoimmunity in HIV-1 infection, and discuss the possible relationship between HIV and SLE in the retroviral etiology.

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