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Genetic susceptibility to experimental autoimmune glomerulonephritis in the Wistar Kyoto rat.
The American journal of pathology - 1 May 2012
Reynolds John, Cook Paul R, Behmoaras Jacques, Smith Jennifer, Bhangal Gurjeet, Tadros Susan, Tee Jonathan, Salama Alan D, Evans David J, Aitman Timothy J, Cook H Terence, Pusey Charles D
Abstract excerpt
In experimental autoimmune glomerulonephritis (EAG), a model of Goodpasture's disease, Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats immunized with collagenase-solubilized glomerular basement membrane (GBM) or the recombinant NC1 domain of the α3 chain of type IV collagen [α3(IV)NC1] develop anti-GBM antibodies and focal necrotizing glomerulonephritis with crescent formation. However, Lewis (LEW) rats, which share the same major...
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