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Genetic dissection of systemic autoimmune disease in Nrf2-deficient mice.
Physiological genomics - 11 Aug 2004
Li Jiang, Stein Thor D, Johnson Jeffrey A
Abstract excerpt
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder with immune-complex deposition that affects multiple organs. Previous studies have suggested the involvement of oxidative stress and apoptosis in SLE, but no clear link to etiology has been established. Here we show that mice deficient in a transcription factor responsible for controlling the expression of numerous detoxification and antioxidant genes...
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