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Smad4 in T cells plays a protective role in the development of autoimmune Sjögren's syndrome in the nonobese diabetic mouse.
Oncotarget - 6 Dec 2016
Kim Donghee, Kim Jae Young, Jun Hee-Sook
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the role of Smad4, a signaling molecule of the TGF-beta pathway, in T cells on the pathology of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice, an animal model of SS. T cell-specific Smad4-deleted (Smad4fl/fl,CD4-Cre; Smad4 tKO) NOD mice had accelerated development of SS compared with wild-type (Smad4+/+,CD4-Cre; WT) NOD mice, including increased lymphocyte infiltration into exocrine...
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