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Breaking T cell tolerance against self type II collagen in HLA-DR4-transgenic mice and development of autoimmune arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Jul 2010
Batsalova Tsvetelina, Dzhambazov Balik, Merky Patrick, Bäcklund Alexandra, Bäcklund Johan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To establish a new animal model in DRB1*0401 (DR4)-transgenic mice in which T cell tolerance to self type II collagen (CII) can be broken and allow for the development of autoimmune arthritis, to investigate the role of posttranslational modifications of the CII(259-273) epitope in the induction and breaking of tolerance of DR4-restricted T cells, and to characterize DR4-restricted T cell recognition...
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