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Mutation of POLB causes lupus in mice.
Cell reports - 16 Jan 2014
Senejani Alireza G, Liu Yanfeng, Kidane Dawit, Maher Stephen E, Zeiss Caroline J, Park Hong-Jae, Kashgarian Michael, McNiff Jennifer M, Zelterman Daniel, Bothwell Alfred L M, Sweasy Joann B
Abstract excerpt
A replication study of a previous genome-wide association study (GWAS) suggested that a SNP linked to the POLB gene is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This SNP is correlated with decreased expression of Pol β, a key enzyme in the base excision repair (BER) pathway. To determine whether decreased Pol β activity results in SLE, we constructed a mouse model of POLB that encodes an enzyme with...
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