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C1q deficiency and autoimmunity: the effects of genetic background on disease expression.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Mar 2002
Mitchell Daniel A, Pickering Matthew C, Warren Joanna, Fossati-Jimack Liliane, Cortes-Hernandez Josefina, Cook H Terence, Botto Marina, Walport Mark J
Abstract excerpt
Gene-targeted C1q-deficient mice have been shown to develop a syndrome reminiscent of human systemic lupus erythematosus with antinuclear Abs and proliferative glomerulonephritis. Initial phenotypic analysis conducted in (129 x C57BL/6) hybrid mice showed that background genes were a significant factor for the full expression of the autoimmune disease. To assess the contribution of background genes in the...
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