Article
Lyme disease in human DR4Dw4-transgenic mice.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 1995
Feng S, Barthold S W, Bockenstedt L K, Zaller D M, Fikrig E
Abstract excerpt
The evolution of Lyme arthritis in DR4-transgenic mice infected with Borrelia burgdorferi was studied because chronic Lyme arthritis in humans is associated with an increased frequency of the HLA-DR4 allele. B10 nontransgenic and DR4-transgenic mice expressing chimeric human-mouse major histocompatibility complex class II genes in which the human alpha 1 and beta 1 domains of DR4Dw4 replaced the corresponding...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Antibody Formation
- Borrelia burgdorferi Group
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Genes, MHC Class II
- HLA-DR4 Antigen
- Humans
- Lyme Disease
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
