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Genetic basis of autoimmune disease in MRL/lpr mice: dissection of the complex pathological manifestations and their susceptibility loci.
Reviews in immunogenetics - 1 Jan 2000
Nose M, Nishihara M, Kamogawa J, Terada M, Nakatsuru S
Abstract excerpt
MRL/MpJ-lpr/lpr (MRL/lpr) mice spontaneously develop various forms of autoimmune disease in the same individuals, including glomerulonephritis, polyarteritis, arthritis and sialoadenitis. An MRL recombinant congenic strain of mice bearing the gld gene, MRLiMpTn-gld/gld (MRL/gld), also develops lesions similar to those in MRL/lpr mice. The lpr and gld genes are a Fas deletion mutant and a Fas ligand mutant,...
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