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The peripheral lymphoid compartment is disrupted in flaky skin mice.
Immunology and cell biology - 1 Feb 2000
Abernethy N J, Hagan C, Tan P L, Birchall N M, Watson J D
Abstract excerpt
Flaky skin (fsn) is an autosomal recessive mutation on mouse chromosome 17 that causes severe anaemia, forestomach papillomatosis and a papulosquamous skin disease that resembles psoriasis in humans. In the present paper, it is reported that fsn causes peripheral lymphadenopathy, CD4/CD8 imbalance and hyperresponsiveness to T cell growth factors. Peripheral lymph nodes (PLN) of adult mutant (fsn/fsn) mice were...
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