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A lupus-susceptibility C57BL/6 locus on chromosome 3 (Sle18) contributes to autoantibody production in 129 mice.
Genes and immunity - 1 Jan 2009
Heidari Y, Fossati-Jimack L, Carlucci F, Walport M J, Cook H T, Botto M
Abstract excerpt
Epistatic interactions between the non-autoimmune strains 129 and C57BL/6 (B6), used for generating gene-targeted animals, can induce a lupus-like disease. Genome-wide scan analyses of testcross progeny between these two strains have identified several lupus susceptibility loci, with the strongest linkage to the production of autoantibodies (auto-Abs) displayed by an interval on chromosome 1 of 129 origin...
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