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Transmission of antibody-induced arthritis is independent of complement component 4 (C4) and the complement receptors 1 and 2 (CD21/35).
European journal of immunology - 1 Mar 2002
Solomon Samuel, Kolb Cornelia, Mohanty Subhasis, Jeisy-Walder Elvira, Preyer Rosemarie, Schöllhorn Volkmar, Illges Harald
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The K/BxN murine model of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is dependent on the specificity of the KRN alpha beta-TCR, to recognize glucose-6-phosphate-isomerase (GPI) on the NOD MHC class II A(g7) allele and production of GPI-specific autoantibodies. Transfer of K/BxN serum into MHC-unrelated and lymphocyte-deficient mice induces RA. To investigate whether K/BxN serum-induced RA involves complement activation and/or the...
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