1 Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. mariana.kaplan@nih.gov.
Erythroid mitochondrial retention, a feature associated with impairments in the ubiquitin-proteasome system, is detected in a subset of pediatric lupus patients and is associated with the type I Interferon pathway.