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We report on a patient (S.A.), with well-defind SLE who developed a perforation of the ileum due to pathologically confirmed necrotizing vasculitis. No anti-DNA antibody was detected at the ileal perforation, and the serum complement level was normal. These findings rais ethe alternative possibility of a cellmediated immune mechanism as a cause of necrotizing vaculitis. Upregulateed expression and function of VLA-4 antigen on peripheral blood T cells were oberved, suggesting that T cells with VLA-4 antigen may participate in the onset and/or perpetuation of vascular inflammation.
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Takeuchi, T., Aoki, K., Koide, J. et al. Systemic lupus erythematosus with necrotizing vasculitis and upregulated expression of VLA-4 antigen. Clin Rheumatol 14, 370–374 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02208357
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