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Immunotherapy tackles lupus

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Dysregulation of T cells and B cells occurs in lupus and other autoimmune diseases. A monoclonal antibody therapy that seems to activate T cells restores some balance in a mouse model of lupus (pages 1405–1413).

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Figure 1: Anti-CD137 immunotherapy in a mouse model of lupus.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Section on Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

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