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Transgenic rescue of desmoglein 3 null mice with desmoglein 1 to develop a syngeneic mouse model for pemphigus vulgaris.
Journal of dermatological science - 1 Jul 2011
Hata Tsuyoshi, Nishifuji Koji, Shimoda Kouji, Sasaki Takashi, Yamada Taketo, Nishikawa Takeji, Koyasu Shigeo, Amagai Masayuki
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BACKGROUND: An active disease mouse model of pemphigus vulgaris (PV) was developed using the adoptive transfer of splenocytes from Dsg3(-/-) mice with a mixed C57BL/6J (B6) and 129/Sv genetic background into B6-Rag2(-/-) mice. Further immunological investigation is needed to resolve the genetic m...
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