Systemic lupus erythematosus, complement deficiency, and apoptosis.

Adolescent Adult Alleles Animals Antibody Formation Antigen-Antibody Complex/immunology,metabolism Apoptosis/immunology Autoantibodies/immunology Autoantigens/immunology Autoimmune Diseases/epidemiology,etiology,genetics,immunology Bias Carrier Proteins/genetics Child Child, Preschool Collectins Complement Activation Complement C1 Inactivator Proteins/deficiency,genetics Complement C1q/deficiency,genetics,immunology Complement System Proteins/deficiency,genetics,physiology Disease Models, Animal Female Genetic Predisposition to Disease Genotype Guinea Pigs Humans Infant Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/epidemiology,etiology,genetics,immunology Male Mice Mice, Inbred MRL lpr Mice, Knockout Mice, Mutant Strains Middle Aged Models, Immunological Polymorphism, Genetic Receptors, Complement/chemistry,genetics

Antigen-Antibody Complex Autoantibodies Autoantigens Carrier Proteins Collectins Complement C1 Inactivator Proteins Receptors, Complement Complement C1q Complement System Proteins