Receptor expression for IgG constant fraction in human umbilical vein endothelial cells.

Endothelial cells (EC) lining the vasculatureform a natural barrier between the circu- immune complex levels, whereby patients with thelating blood and the underlying tissue. One highest disease scores tend to have the highest levelof the major functions of these cells is to prevent of immunocomplexes (IC) [4]. Moreover, patientsplatelet deposition and activation of the coagula- with active SLE contain IC that bind to EC oftion cascade [1].Fil: Alberto, Maria Fabiana. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigaciones Hematológicas ; ArgentinaFil: Bermejo, Emilse. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigaciones Hematológicas ; ArgentinaFil: Lazzari, María Ángela. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigaciones Hematológicas ; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; Argentin