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A novel susceptibility locus on chromosome 2 in the (New Zealand Black x New Zealand White)F1 hybrid mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Mar 2002
Rahman Ziaur S M, Tin Soe-Kyaw, Buenaventura Pia-Nina L, Ho Chiu-Han, Yap Eric P H, Yong Rita Y Y, Koh Dow-Rhoon
Abstract excerpt
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is inherited as a complex polygenic trait. (New Zealand Black (NZB) x New Zealand White (NZW)) F(1) hybrid mice develop symptoms that remarkably resemble human SLE, but (NZB x PL/J)F(1) hybrids do not develop lupus. Our study was conducted using (NZW x PL/J)F(1) x NZB (BWP) mice to determine the effects of the PL/J and the NZW genome on disease. Forty-five percent of BWP female...
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