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Nature Medicine 5, 607 - 608 (1999)
doi:10.1038/9450

SAP-less chromatin triggers systemic lupus erythematosus

Elahna Paul1,2 & Michael C. Carroll2

  1. Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, 02115 USA
  2. Center for Blood Research and Department of Pathology Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, 02115 USA
    e-mail: mcarroll@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Serum amyloid protein, highly conserved in both vertebrates and invertebrates, seems to exert a protective effect against autoimmune disease (pages 694–697).