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Nrf2 deficiency improves autoimmune nephritis caused by the fas mutation lpr.
Kidney international - 1 May 2004
Morito Naoki, Yoh Keigyou, Hirayama Aki, Itoh Ken, Nose Masato, Koyama Akio, Yamamoto Masayuki, Takahashi Satoru
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BACKGROUND: Nrf2 is a basic leucine zipper transcriptional activator essential for the coordinate transcriptional induction of antioxidant and phase II drug metabolizing enzymes. We previously reported that Nrf2-deficient female mice develop lupus-like autoimmune nephritis (Kidney Int 60:1343-135...
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