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Genetic dissection of systemic lupus erythematosus pathogenesis: evidence for functional expression of Sle3/5 by non-T cells.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Oct 2002
Sobel Eric S, Morel Laurence, Baert Raquel, Mohan Chandra, Schiffenbauer Joel, Wakeland Edward K
Abstract excerpt
On the non-autoimmune C57BL/6 (B6) background, the chromosome 7-derived lupus susceptibility loci Sle3 and Sle5 have been shown to mediate an elevated CD4:CD8 ratio with an increase in activated CD4(+) T cells, decreased susceptibility to apoptosis, and a break in humoral tolerance. Development of subcongenic strains has subsequently shown that the elevated CD4:CD8 ratio is due to Sle3 but that both loci...
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