Bisphenol A modified DNA: A possible immunogenic stimulus for anti-DNA autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus

• Main Authors: Homaidan T. Alhomaidan (Author), Naila Rasheed (Author), Salem Almatrafi (Author), Fahad H. Al-Rashdi (Author), Zafar Rasheed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Anti-DNA antibodies are now considered as a universal diagnostic feature for the patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) but the mechanism(s) involved in the generation of these autoantibodies remains to be investigated. Bisphenol A (BPA) is a synthetic phenol extensively used in the manufa...