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Mechanism by which HLA-DR4 regulates sex-bias of arthritis in humanized mice.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 Aug 2010
Behrens Marshall, Trejo Theodore, Luthra Harvinder, Griffiths Marie, David Chella S, Taneja Veena
Abstract excerpt
HLA class II allele DRB1*0401 is associated with predisposition to Rheumatoid Arthritis in humans as well as collagen-induced arthritis in mice. Predominantly females develop arthritis in humans and DR4 transgenic mice; however the mechanism of sex-bias is still unknown. We have investigated the molecular basis by which DR4 is associated with sex-bias of arthritis. Here we show that differential antigen-specific...
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