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Evidence that the Y chromosome influences autoimmune disease in male and female mice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 23 May 2006
Teuscher Cory, Noubade Rajkumar, Spach Karen, McElvany Benjamin, Bunn Janice Y, Fillmore Parley D, Zachary James F, Blankenhorn Elizabeth P
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Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE), an autoimmune model of multiple sclerosis, is a complex disease influenced by genetic, intrinsic, and environmental factors. In this study, we questioned whether parent-of-origin effects influence EAE, using reciprocal F2 intercross progeny generated between EAE-susceptible SJL/J (S) and EAE-resistant B10.S/SgMcdJ (B) mice. EAE susceptibility and severity were found...
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