title: Molecular aspects of systemic lupus erythematosus: murine endogenous retroviral expression.
abstract: Systemic lupus erythematosus is an immune-mediated disease in which the etiology is unknown. Full-length (8.4 kb), type C, modified polytropic (Mpmv) retroviral transcripts from the thymus are characteristic of murine lupus. Reciprocal bone marrow transplantation studies determined that this thymic expression maps to the pre-T bone marrow stem cell. In vitro and in vivo oligonucleotide antisense work suggest that type C retroviruses play a role in immune activation. This paper summarizes our studies of endogenous retroviruses in murine lupus.
authors.affiliation: Cellular Immunology Section, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Gourley
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Kisch
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Mojcik
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Krieg
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Steinberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016375:Antisense Elements (Genetics); D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000382:microbiology*; D051379:Mice; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000382:microbiology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D016375:Antisense Elements (Genetics)