Autoimmune-Associated Congenital Heart Block: Demographics, Mortality, Morbidity and Recurrence Rates Obtained From a National Neonatal Lupus Registry
Buyon J, Hiebert R, Copel J, Craft J, Friedman D, Katholi M, Lee L, Provost T, Reichlin M, Rider L, Rupel A, Saleeb S, Weston W, Skovron M. Autoimmune-Associated Congenital Heart Block: Demographics, Mortality, Morbidity and Recurrence Rates Obtained From a National Neonatal Lupus Registry. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1998, 31: 1658-1666. PMID: 9626848, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(98)00161-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital heart blockNeonatal lupus syndromeSSA/RoWeeks of gestationRecurrence rateLa antibodiesSubsequent pregnancySSA/Ro-SSB/La antibodiesAutoantibody-associated congenital heart blockDevelopment of CHBAnti-SSB/La antibodiesAnti-SSA/RoIsolated congenital heart blockClose echocardiographic monitoringLate second trimesterDays of lifeSSB/LaSufficient medical recordsMajor structural abnormalitiesMaternal autoantibodiesLupus syndromeNeonatal lupusEchocardiographic monitoringLupus RegistryHeart blockPerforin protects against autoimmunity in lupus-prone mice.
Peng S, Moslehi J, Robert M, Craft J. Perforin protects against autoimmunity in lupus-prone mice. The Journal Of Immunology 1998, 160: 652-60. PMID: 9551899, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.160.2.652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLupus-prone miceAutoantibody productionImmune complex renal diseaseLupus-prone animalsPerforin-mediated cytotoxicityEnd-organ diseaseComplex renal diseaseAccelerated autoimmunityRenal diseaseLpr miceImmune homeostasisSystemic autoimmunityT cellsImmune systemAbnormal accumulationLpr animalsAutoimmunityFas AgMiceHypergammaglobulinemiaPerforinDiseaseAnimalsSpecific mechanismsRegulatory mechanisms