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Identification and isolation of dominant susceptibility loci for pristane-induced arthritis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Jul 2003
Olofsson Peter, Holmberg Jens, Pettersson Ulf, Holmdahl Rikard
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorder, controlled by multiple genes as well as environmental factors. With animal models, like the pristane-induced arthritis (PIA) in rats, it is possible to reduce the environmental effects and the genetic heterogeneity to identify chromosomal regions harboring genes responsible for the arthritis development. The PIA model has proved to be useful for...
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