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A single nucleotide polymorphism in Tyk2 controls susceptibility to experimental allergic encephalomyelitis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jun 2009
Spach Karen M, Noubade Rajkumar, McElvany Ben, Hickey William F, Blankenhorn Elizabeth P, Teuscher Cory
Abstract excerpt
Genes controlling immunopathologic diseases of differing etiopathology may also influence susceptibility to autoimmune disease. B10.D1-H2(q)/SgJ mice with a 2538 G-->A missense mutation in the tyrosine kinase-2 gene (Tyk2) are susceptible to Toxoplasma gondii yet resistant to autoimmune arthritis, unlike the wild-type B10.Q/Ai substrain. To understand whether Tyk2 is also important in a second autoimmune model,...
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