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A role for sex chromosome complement in the female bias in autoimmune disease.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 12 May 2008
Smith-Bouvier Deborah L, Divekar Anagha A, Sasidhar Manda, Du Sienmi, Tiwari-Woodruff Seema K, King Jennifer K, Arnold Arthur P, Singh Ram Raj, Voskuhl Rhonda R
Abstract excerpt
Most autoimmune diseases are more common in women than in men. This may be caused by differences in sex hormones, sex chromosomes, or both. In this study, we determined if there was a contribution of sex chromosomes to sex differences in susceptibility to two immunologically distinct disease models, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) and pristane-induced lupus. Transgenic SJL mice were created to...
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