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Tumor necrosis factor sustains the generalized lymphoproliferative disorder (gld) phenotype.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 3 Jan 2000
Körner H, Cretney E, Wilhelm P, Kelly J M, Röllinghoff M, Sedgwick J D, Smyth M J
Abstract excerpt
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and Fas ligand (FasL) play major roles in the homeostasis of the peripheral immune system. This becomes dramatically obvious in the absence of a functional FasL. Mice with such a deficiency develop a profound lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, hypergammaglobulinemia, and strain-dependent systemic autoimmune disease, and succumb to premature death. It is consequently termed generalized...
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