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Modifier loci condition autoimmunity provoked by Aire deficiency.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 19 Sept 2005
Jiang Wenyu, Anderson Mark S, Bronson Roderick, Mathis Diane, Benoist Christophe
Abstract excerpt
Loss of function mutations in the autoimmune regulator (Aire) gene in autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy patients and mutant mice lead to autoimmune manifestations that segregate as a monogenic trait, but with wide variation in the spectrum of organs targeted. To investigate the cause of this variability, the Aire knockout mutation was backcrossed to mice of diverse genetic...
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