Lack of Cutaneous B Cells Differentiates Lupus-Like Skin Disease in MRL/lpr Mice from Human Discoid Lupus

J Invest Dermatol. 2024 Jun;144(6):1392-1394.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.11.012. Epub 2023 Dec 13.

Authors

Joshuah Yon¹, Timothy Curran², Christopher T Richardson³

Affiliations

¹ University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.
² Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
³ Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA; Division of Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA. Electronic address: crichardson@urmc.rochester.edu.

PMID: 38101509
DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.11.012

No abstract available

Keywords: B cell; Cutaneous lupus; Discoid lupus; Lupus; MRL/lpr.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
B-Lymphocytes* / immunology
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Models, Animal
Female
Humans
Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid* / diagnosis
Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid* / immunology
Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid* / pathology
Mice
Mice, Inbred MRL lpr*
Skin* / immunology
Skin* / pathology