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The <i>Yaa</i> Locus and IFN-α Fine-Tune Germinal Center B Cell Selection in Murine Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
1 Oct 2012
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Male NZW/BXSB.Yaa (W/B) mice express two copies of TLR7 and develop pathogenic autoantibodies, whereas females with only one copy of TLR7 have attenuated disease. Our goal was to analyze the regulation of the autoantibody response in male and female W/B mice bearing the autoreactive site-directed H chain transgene 3H9. Serum anti-dsDNA Abs appeared in males at 12 wk, and most had high-titer IgG anti-dsDNA and...
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