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Injection of inactive Bordetella pertussis and complete Freund's adjuvant with Torpedo californica AChR increases the occurrence of experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis in C57BL/6 mice.
Autoimmunity - 1 Aug 2017
Maruta Takahiro, Oshima Minako, Mosier Dennis R, Atassi M Zouhair
Abstract excerpt
An animal model of myasthenia gravis (MG), termed experimental autoimmune MG (EAMG), is an important tool for investigations of disease mechanisms and/or methods of treatment for this disease. EAMG can be induced in C57BL/6 (B6, H-2b) mice by 2-3 times injections at 4 weeks intervals with Torpedo californica (t) acetylcholine receptor (AChR) in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA). However, the protocol especially...
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