Article
Selective up-regulation of intact, but not defective env RNAs of endogenous modified polytropic retrovirus by the Sgp3 locus of lupus-prone mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jun 2009
Yoshinobu Kumiko, Baudino Lucie, Santiago-Raber Marie-Laure, Morito Naoki, Dunand-Sauthier Isabelle, Morley Bernard J, Evans Leonard H, Izui Shozo
Abstract excerpt
Endogenous retroviruses are implicated in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Because four different classes of endogenous retroviruses, i.e., ecotropic, xenotropic, polytropic, or modified polytropic (mPT), are expressed in mice, we investigated the possibility that a particular class of endogenous retroviruses is associated with the development of murine SLE. We observed >15-fold increased...
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