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The lupus-susceptibility locus, Sle3, mediates enhanced resistance to bacterial infections.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Mar 2006
Mehrad Borna, Park Stacy J, Akangire Gangaram, Standiford Theodore J, Wu Tianfu, Zhu Jiankun, Mohan Chandra
Abstract excerpt
The genetic predisposition to many autoimmune diseases is inherited as a polygenic trait. It is conceivable that some of the causative alleles in these diseases became prevalent in the population by conferring a survival benefit against environmental assaults, such as infections. We used mice cogenic for genetic loci predisposing to systemic lupus erythomatosus to test the hypothesis that some of these genetic...
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