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Spontaneous mutation of the Dock2 gene in Irf5-/- mice complicates interpretation of type I interferon production and antibody responses.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 10 Apr 2012
Purtha Whitney E, Swiecki Melissa, Colonna Marco, Diamond Michael S, Bhattacharya Deepta
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide studies have identified associations between polymorphisms in the IFN regulatory factor-5 (Irf5) gene and a variety of human autoimmune diseases. Its functional role in disease pathogenesis, however, remains unclear, as studies in Irf5(-/-) mice have reached disparate conclusions regarding the importance of this transcription factor in type I IFN production and antibody responses. We identified a...
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