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Segregation of experimental autoimmune glomerulonephritis as a complex genetic trait and exclusion of Col4a3 as a candidate gene.
Experimental nephrology - 1 Jan 2002
Reynolds John, Cook Paul R, Ryan James J, Norsworthy Penny J, Glazier Anne M, Duda Mark A, Evans David J, Aitman Timothy J, Pusey Ccharles D
Abstract excerpt
Experimental autoimmune glomerulonephritis (EAG), an animal model of Goodpasture's disease, can be induced in Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats (RT1-l) by immunization with rat glomerular basement membrane (GBM) in adjuvant. The model in this rat strain is characterized by anti-GBM antibody production accompanied by focal necrotizing glomerulonephritis with crescent formation. The main autoantigen in humans and rats has...
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