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A mouse model of pemphigus vulgaris by adoptive transfer of naive splenocytes from desmoglein 3 knockout mice.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Aug 2004
Aoki-Ota M, Tsunoda K, Ota T, Iwasaki T, Koyasu S, Amagai M, Nishikawa T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is an autoimmune blistering disease caused by antidesmoglein3 (anti-Dsg3) IgG autoantibodies. Recently, we developed a PV mouse model by adoptive transfer of splenocytes from recombinant Dsg3-immunized Dsg3(-/-) mice to Rag2(-/-) immunodeficient mice that expressed Dsg3. OBJECTIVES: We determined whether the adoptive transfer of naive splenocytes from nonimmunized Dsg3(-/-)...
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