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Apoptosis defects analyzed in TcR transgenic and fas transgenic lpr mice.
International reviews of immunology - 1 Jan 1994
Mountz J D, Zhou T, Bluethmann H, Wu J, Edwards C K
Abstract excerpt
Although autoreactive T cells are thought to play a prominent role in autoimmune disease in MRL-lpr/lpr mice, it has been difficult to directly determine if autoreactive T cells escape from the thymus and react with self-antigens in the periphery. Defective expression of the Fas apoptosis antigen in MRL-lpr/lpr mice results from the insertion of the ETn retrotransposon. The fas defect can be partially corrected...
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