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Reduced B lymphoid kinase (Blk) expression enhances proinflammatory cytokine production and induces nephrosis in C57BL/6-lpr/lpr mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Samuelson Elizabeth M, Laird Renee M, Papillion Amber M, Tatum Arthur H, Princiotta Michael F, Hayes Sandra M
Abstract excerpt
BLK, which encodes B lymphoid kinase, was recently identified in genome wide association studies as a susceptibility gene for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and risk alleles mapping to the BLK locus result in reduced gene expression. To determine whether BLK is indeed a bona fide susceptibil...
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