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Mice lacking endogenous major histocompatibility complex class II develop arthritis resembling psoriatic arthritis at an advanced age.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Sept 2002
Bárdos Tamás, Zhang Jian, Mikecz Katalin, David Chella S, Glant Tibor T
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OBJECTIVE: To describe and characterize a novel inflammatory toe disease with severe bone destruction that developed spontaneously in "humanized" (HLA transgenic) mice lacking their own major histocompatibility complex (MHC). METHODS: We studied 5 different HLA transgenic mouse lines (HLA-DR2.Ab(0), DR3.Ab(0), DR4.Ab(0), DQ6.Ab(0), and DQ8.Ab(0)) in similar genetic background for an extended period of time (>14...
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