title: The role of hsp90 in SLE.
abstract: The heat shock proteins are a group of evolutionarily conserved proteins with important physiological functions, whose synthesis is enhanced by elevated temperature or other stresses. A role for one or more of these proteins in human autoimmune disease has been extensively discussed. This review considers the evidence of a role for hsp90 in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) where overexpression of this protein, its surface localization and auto-antibodies to it have been observed in both human patients and in the MRL/lpr mouse model of SLE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Pathology, University College London Medical School.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Latchman
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Isenberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000276:immunology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D015788:HLA-A1 Antigen / Q000235:genetics; D015795:HLA-B8 Antigen / Q000235:genetics; D015803:HLA-DR3 Antigen / Q000235:genetics; D018841:HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D008232:Lymphoproliferative Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D018448:Models, Immunological
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens; D015788:HLA-A1 Antigen; D015795:HLA-B8 Antigen; D015803:HLA-DR3 Antigen; D018841:HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins