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Autoimmunity and antibody affinity maturation are modulated by genetic variants on mouse chromosome 12.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 Apr 2015
Collin Roxanne, Dugas Véronique, Chabot-Roy Geneviève, Salem David, Zahn Astrid, Di Noia Javier M, Rauch Joyce, Lesage Sylvie
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune diseases result from a break in immune tolerance leading to an attack on self-antigens. Autoantibody levels serve as a predictive tool for the early diagnosis of many autoimmune diseases, including type 1 diabetes. We find that a genetic locus on mouse chromosome 12 influences the affinity maturation of antibodies as well as autoantibody production. Thus, we generated a NOD.H2(k) congenic strain...
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