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Cutting edge: lupus susceptibility interval Sle3/5 confers responsiveness to prolactin in C57BL/6 mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Aug 2006
Peeva Elena, Gonzalez Juana, Hicks Ruthmarie, Diamond Betty
Abstract excerpt
Prolactin is of interest in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) because almost 25% of SLE patients display hyperprolactinemia, and serum prolactin correlates with disease activity in some patients. Furthermore, hyperprolactinemia causes early mortality in lupus-prone mice and induces a lupus-like phenotype in nonspontaneously autoimmune mice. We show here that the immunomodulatory effects of...
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