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The centromeric region of chromosome 7 from MRL mice (Lmb3) is an epistatic modifier of Fas for autoimmune disease expression.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Mar 2004
Kong Philip L, Morel Laurence, Croker Byron P, Craft Joseph
Abstract excerpt
Lupus is a prototypic systemic autoimmune disease that has a significant genetic component in its etiology. Several genome-wide screens have identified multiple loci that contribute to disease susceptibility in lupus-prone mice, including the Fas-deficient MRL/Fas(lpr) strain, with each locus contributing in a threshold liability manner. The centromeric region of chromosome 7 was identified as a lupus...
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