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IL-4Ralpha polymorphism in regulation of IL-4 synthesis by T cells: implication in susceptibility to a subset of murine lupus.
International immunology - 1 Feb 2007
Shiroiwa Wakana, Tsukamoto Kazuyuki, Ohtsuji Mareki, Lin Qingshun, Ida Akinori, Kodera Sanki, Ohtsuji Naomi, Nakamura Kazuhiro, Tsurui Hiromichi, Kinoshita Katsuyuki, Nishimura Hiroyuki, Shirai Toshikazu, Hirose Sachiko
Abstract excerpt
To thoroughly understand the role of IL-4 in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a prototypic antibody-mediated systemic autoimmune disease, we examined the potential of in vitro IL-4 production by anti-CD3 mAb-stimulated splenic T cells in SLE model of NZB, BXSB and related mouse strains. Unexpectedly, both SLE-prone NZB and BXSB mice had a limited potential to produce IL-4, while...
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