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Macrophages from lupus-prone MRL mice are characterized by abnormalities in Rho activity, cytoskeletal organization, and adhesiveness to extracellular matrix proteins.
Journal of leukocyte biology - 1 Nov 2004
Longacre Angelika, Koh Jason S, Hsiao Kevin K-H, Gilligan Hannah, Fan Hanli, Patel Vimal A, Levine Jerrold S
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Macrophages (mphi) from prediseased mice of the major murine models of lupus have an identical defect in cytokine expression that is triggered by serum and/or apoptotic cells. It is striking that cytokine expression in the absence of serum and apoptotic cells is equivalent to that of nonautoimmun...
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