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The P2X7 receptor is a candidate product of murine and human lupus susceptibility loci: a hypothesis and comparison of murine allelic products.
Arthritis research & therapy - 1 Jan 2005
Elliott James I, McVey John H, Higgins Christopher F
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Systemic lupus erythematosus and its murine equivalent, modelled in the New Zealand Black and New Zealand White (NZB x NZW)F1 hybrid strain, are polygenic inflammatory diseases, probably reflecting an autoimmune response to debris from cells undergoing programmed cell death. Several human and murine loci contributing to disease have been defined. The present study asks whether the proinflammatory purinergic...
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