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. 2020 Jan 21;10:777. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-57275-0

Figure 14.

Figure 14

Proposed hypothesis of gut-leakage enhanced lupus progression. Gut-leakage induces the translocation of gut bacteria, endotoxin (LPS) and (1→3)-β-D-glucan (BG) either in FcGRIIb−/− mice or wild-type (WT). However, inflammatory responses, apoptosis of immune cells and anti-dsDNA Ig production are more prominent in FcGRIIb−/− lupus mice due to the loss of inhibitory signaling.