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Tight skin mouse subcutaneous hypertrophy can occur in the absence of alphabeta T cell receptor-bearing lymphocytes.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Aug 2001
Oble D A, Teh H S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The tight skin (TSK) mouse has been proposed to be a murine model for heritable fibrotic disorders, and studies have implicated immune dysregulation in TSK pathogenesis. We evaluated the core features of TSK cutaneous pathology to ascertain whether cutaneous features were altered in TSK mice deficient in alphabeta T cell receptor (TCR)-bearing lymphocytes. METHODS: Blinded qualitative evaluations of...
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