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The altered cells become autoreactive, losing restriction for nominal antigen and responding to self-class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules without added antigen, and are sufficient to cause a lupus-like disease in syngeneic mice. T cells overexpressing the same genes are found in patients with active lupus. Whether these genes are co-overexpressed on the same or different cells is unknown. 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A similar subset is found in patients with other rheumatic diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sclerosis and Sj\u00f6gren's syndrome but not retroperitoneal fibrosis.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Patients with active autoimmune rheumatic diseases have a previously undescribed CD3<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>CD4<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>CD28<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>CD11a<jats:sup>hi<\/jats:sup>CD70<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>CD40L<jats:sup>hi<\/jats:sup>KIR<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> T cell subset. 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