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Critical role of the major histocompatibility complex and IL-10 in matrilin-1-induced relapsing polychondritis in mice.
Arthritis research & therapy - 1 Jan 2004
Hansson Ann-Sofie, Johansson Asa C M, Holmdahl Rikard
Abstract excerpt
Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is an autoimmune disease that affects extra-articular cartilage. Matrilin-1-induced relapsing polychondritis (MIRP) is a model for RP and is useful for studies of the pathogenic mechanisms in this disease. There are indications that the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II plays a major role in RP, since DR4+ patients are more commonly affected than controls. We have now...
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