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Severer lupus erythematosus-like skin lesions in MRL/lpr mice with homozygous Kitwsh/wsh mutation.
Modern rheumatology - 1 Mar 2018
Inaba Yutaka, Kanazawa Nobuo, Yoshimasu Takashi, Shimokawa Toshio, Nosaka Mizuho, Kondo Toshikazu, Furukawa Fukumi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To clarify the roles of mast cells (MCs) on the pathogenesis of lupus erythematosus (LE)-like skin lesions on MRL/lpr mice. METHODS: MRL/lpr mice were mated with C57BL/6-Kitwsh/wsh mice and the heterozygous F1 mice were 10 times backcrossed with the parental MRL/lpr to generate MRL/lpr-Kitwsh/wsh mice. MC-deficient MRL/lpr-Kitwsh/wsh mice were compared with MRL/lpr-Kit+/+ and MRL/lpr-Kitwsh/+ mice with...
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