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Inhibition of Autoimmune Disease in a Murine Model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Induced by Exposure to Syngeneic Photoinactivated Lymphocytes

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MRL/l mice develop progressive, virulent autoimmune disease that has many of the features of systemic lupus erythematosus. Prophylactic treatment of MRL/l mice with syngeneic photoinactivated autoimmune splenocytes improves survival and inhibits the fulminant hyperproliferation of abnormal T cells and the production of high titer anti-DNA antibody invariably found in untreated mice. The proliferation of Thy 1+ splenic T cells was significantly decreased, and prolonged retention of the response to T-cell mitogen was found in treated mice. Treatment with unmodified cells induced a partial inhibition of disease features which did not prolong survival rates. These results suggest that phototherapy potentiates a normal immunoregulatory process which enables suppression of the development of abnormal cell populations in young MRL/l mice with relatively intact immune systems.

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