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Rubbing salt in the wound

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  • John J. O'Shea

    (John J. O'Shea is in the Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1616, USA.)

  • Russell G. Jones

    (Russell G. Jones is at the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada.)

Abstract

The ability of sodium chloride to induce enzymatic activity that leads to the generation of pathogenic TH17 immune cells implicates salt as a possible factor that might exacerbate autoimmune disease. See Letters p.513 & p.518

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  • John J. O'Shea & Russell G. Jones, 2013. "Rubbing salt in the wound," Nature, Nature, vol. 496(7446), pages 437-439, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:496:y:2013:i:7446:d:10.1038_nature11959
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11959
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