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Hormonal regulation of B-cell function and systemic lupus erythematosus

The Center of Autoimmune and Musculoskeletal Disease, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, New York, USA

V Jeganathan

The Center of Autoimmune and Musculoskeletal Disease, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, New York, USA

L Hill

The Center of Autoimmune and Musculoskeletal Disease, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, New York, USA

D Kawabata

The Center of Autoimmune and Musculoskeletal Disease, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, New York, USA

D Pinto-Rodriguez

The Center of Autoimmune and Musculoskeletal Disease, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, New York, USA

C Grimaldi

The Center of Autoimmune and Musculoskeletal Disease, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, New York, USA

B Diamond

The Center of Autoimmune and Musculoskeletal Disease, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, New York, USA

The prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is far higher in females than in males and numerous investigations to understand this gender bias have been performed, which propose as casual actors genetic predispositions and sex hormones effects. We will describe in this review how the sex hormones estrogen and prolactin influence B cell maturation and selection, permitting B cells to mature to immunocompetence in a mouse model of lupus. Finally, we will discuss the relevance and implications of these results for human disease.

Lupus, Vol. 17, No. 6, 528-532 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0961203308089402


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