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SUBMITTER: Diamond B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10246276 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Carroll Kaitlin R KR Mizrachi Mark M Simmons Sean S Toz Bahtiyar B Wingard Jeffrey J Tehrani Nazila N Zarfeshani Aida A Kello Nina N Kowal Czeslawa C Levin Joshua Z JZ Volpe Bruce T BT Diamond Betty B
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Cognitive impairment is a frequent manifestation of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE), present in up to 80% of patients and leading to a diminished quality of life. We have developed a model of lupus-like cognitive impairment which is initiated when anti-DNA, anti-N-methyl D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) cross- reactive antibodies, which are present in 30% of SLE patients, penetrate the hippocampus<sup>1</sup>. This leads to immediate, self-limited excitotoxic death of CA1 pyram ...[more]