Email updates   Open Access Research article  Analysis of HLA
DR, HLA DQ, C4A, FcγRIIa, FcγRIIIa, MBL, and IL-1Ra allelic
variants in Caucasian systemic lupus erythematosus patients
suggests an effect of the combined FcγRIIa R/R and IL-1Ra 2/2
genotypes on disease susceptibility  Andreas Jönsen1, Anders A
Bengtsson1, Gunnar Sturfelt1 and Lennart Truedsson2*  Author
Affiliations  1 Department of Rheumatology, Lund University
Hospital, Lund, Sweden  2 Department of Laboratory Medicine,
Section of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology, Lund
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Arthritis Res Ther 2004, 6:R557-R562  doi:10.1186/ar1224
Received:22 December 2003 Revisions received:16 June 2004
Accepted:16 July 2004 Published:23 September 2004  © 2004 Jönsen
et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.    Dysfunction in various
parts of immune defence, such as immune response, immune complex
clearance, and inflammation, has an impact on pathogenesis in
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We