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Leprosy Drug Holds Promise for Autoimmune Diseases Also
The study showed that clofazimine press down the presence of free calcium in immune cells by disrupting a potassium channel.
Liu said: "This let us conclude that clofazimine was blocking the calcium influx into the immune cells.
"Without enough calcium getting inside a cell, the signalling pathway that turns on the immune response was short-circuited."
The combined effect is to shut down a signaling pathway involved in autoimmune disease.
The study is reported in Public Library of Science (PLoS One).
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