1.Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar,Cádiz,Spain;2.Sección de Reumatología, Hospital de Jerez,Jerez de la Frontera,Spain;3.Servicio de Inmunología,Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar,Cádiz,Spain
Abstract:
Introduction
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by B cell hyper-activation and auto-reactivity resulting in pathogenic
auto-antibody generation. The phenotypic analysis of blood B cell subsets can be used to understand these alterations.