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IL-10 regulates murine lupus.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Aug 2002
Yin Zhinan, Bahtiyar Gul, Zhang Na, Liu Lanzhen, Zhu Ping, Robert Marie E, McNiff Jennifer, Madaio Michael P, Craft Joe
Abstract excerpt
MRL/MpJ-Tnfrsf6(lpr) (MRL/MpJ-Fas(lpr); MRL-Fas(lpr)) mice develop a spontaneous lupus syndrome closely resembling human systemic lupus erythematosus. To define the role of IL-10 in the regulation of murine lupus, IL-10 gene-deficient (IL-10(-/-)) MRL-Fas(lpr) (MRL-Fas(lpr) IL-10(-/-)) mice were generated and their disease phenotype was compared with littermates with one or two copies of an intact IL-10 locus...
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