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D-penicillamine-induced autoantibodies in a mouse model.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Brik R, Tenenbaum G, Blank M, Shoenfeld Y, Barzilai D, Bloch K, Vardi P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We have previously shown that the administration of D-penicillamine (D-PEN) to patients with rheumatoid arthritis induces circulating insulin autoantibodies (INSAAB). In order to gain further insight into such immune responses, we measured a battery of circulating autoantibodies in 4 strains of mice receiving D-PEN: C57BL/KsJ, BALB/c, C3H/HeJ, and C57BL/6. These rodents groups differ in their degree of...
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