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Murine lupus genetics: lessons learned.
Current opinion in rheumatology - 1 Sept 2001
Mohan C
Abstract excerpt
Recent reverse genetic studies in murine lupus have taught us the following lessons: (1) Lupus is extremely polygenic; (2) A single locus may be associated with many different phenotypes; (3) What appears to be a single locus may turn out to be a cluster of loci; (4) Different loci facilitate different immunologic steps leading to lupus; (5) Epistatic interactions between loci may engender novel autoimmune...
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