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ReviewClinical and experimental medicine2025

The role of DNASE1L3 in systemic lupus erythematosus: from pathogenesis to clinical implications.

Xiaohan Liu, Yikai Yu, Shaozhe Cai, Lingli Dong

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Review in Clinical and experimental medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. The SLC15A4-TASL complex is essential for lupus development in mice.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xiaohan LiuDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Yikai YuDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. yuyikai@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn.
Shaozhe CaiDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. 540361903@qq.com.
Lingli DongDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China. tjhdongll@163.com.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 82271847Tongji Hospital Clinical Research Flagship Program Funding No.2019CR206Tongji Hospital High-Quality Clinical Research Funding No.2024TJCR008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease characterized by multi-organ damage, a complex interplay of immune dysregulation, and antibodies against nuclear macromolecules like DNA. Among these, anti-dsDNA antibodies are not only crucial diagnostic markers but also active participants in disease pathogenesis, forming immune complexes that deposit in various tissues and trigger inflammation. Emerging research has highlighted the critical role of Deoxyribonuclease 1-Like 3 (DNASE1L3), a secreted endonuclease, in maintaining homeostasis of cell-free DNA (cfDNA). Deficiencies or dysfunction of DNASE1L3, whether due to genetic mutations or neutralizing autoantibodies, lead to impaired clearance of cfDNA derived from apoptotic cells, microparticles, and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs). This accumulation of cfDNA plays an important role in SLE. This review explores the characteristics of DNASE1L3, the current status of research on the mechanisms through which its defects contribute to SLE pathogenesis, and its promising potential in the clinical diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of this complex disease.

Indexed as

EndodeoxyribonucleasesLupus Erythematosus, SystemicAnimalsCell-Free Nucleic AcidsExtracellular TrapsHumansCell-Free Nucleic AcidsDNASE1L3 protein, humanEndodeoxyribonucleasesCell-free DNADNASE1L3Interferon pathwaySystemic lupus erythematosus

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PMID41469485
PMCPMC12769641

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