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Autoimmunity and glomerulonephritis in mice with targeted deletion of the serum amyloid P component gene: SAP deficiency or strain combination?
20 Apr 2004
Abstract excerpt
Human serum amyloid P component (SAP) binds avidly to DNA, chromatin and apoptotic cells in vitro and in vivo. 129/Sv x C57BL/6 mice with targeted deletion of the SAP gene spontaneously develop antinuclear autoantibodies and immune complex glomerulonephritis. SAP-deficient animals, created by backcrossing the 129/Sv SAP gene deletion into pure line C57BL/6 mice and studied here for the first time, also...
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