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Complement deficiency ameliorates collagen-induced arthritis in mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Jul 2002
Hietala Max Albert, Jonsson Ing-Marie, Tarkowski Andrej, Kleinau Sandra, Pekna Marcela
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Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) is an experimental animal model of human rheumatoid arthritis being characterized by synovitis and progressive destruction of cartilage and bone. CIA is induced by injection of heterologous or homologous collagen type II in a susceptible murine strain. DBA/1J mice deficient of complement factors C3 (C3(-/-)) and factor B (FB(-/-)) were generated to elucidate the role of the...
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