Article
Humanized transgenic mice expressing HLA DR4-DQ3 haplotype: reconstitution of phenotype and HLA-restricted T-cell responses.
Tissue antigens - 1 Sept 2006
Chen Z, de Kauwe A L, Keech C, Wijburg O, Simpfendorfer K, Alexander W S, McCluskey J
Abstract excerpt
Many autoimmune conditions have close genetic linkages to particular human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II genes. With the aim of establishing a murine model of autoimmune disease, we have generated an HLA DR4-DQ3 haplotype transgenic (Tg) mouse that expresses a 440-kb yeast artificial chromosome harbouring DRA, DRB1*040101, DRB4*010301, DQA1*030101, DQB1*0302 and all the internal regulatory...
Topics
- Animals
- Autoimmune Diseases
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Cell Line
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast
- Disease Models, Animal
- Genotype
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DR4 Antigen
- Haplotypes
- Humans
