Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Prostaglandin D2 amplifies lupus disease through basophil accumulation in lymphoid organs

  • Christophe Pellefigues,
  • Barbara Dema,
  • Yasmine Lamri,
  • Fanny Saidoune,
  • Nathalie Chavarot,
  • Charlotte Lohéac,
  • Emeline Pacreau,
  • Michael Dussiot,
  • Caroline Bidault,
  • Florian Marquet,
  • Mathieu Jablonski,
  • Jonathan M. Chemouny,
  • Fanny Jouan,
  • Antoine Dossier,
  • Marie-Paule Chauveheid,
  • Delphine Gobert,
  • Thomas Papo,
  • Hajime Karasuyama,
  • Karim Sacré,
  • Eric Daugas,
  • Nicolas Charles

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03129-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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In a lupus environment, basophils accumulate in secondary lymphoid organs where they affect pathogenesis by stimulating autoantibody production. Here the authors show this accumulation is driven by PGD2-induced CXCR4 surface expression and trafficking of basophils.