Avian models of autoimmune disease: lessons from the birds.

doi:10.3382/ps.0730984

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Avian models of autoimmune disease: lessons from the birds.

Poultry science - 1 Jul 1994

Rose N R

Abstract excerpt

Many important lessons have been learned from studies of autoimmune diseases in chicken models. It is now quite clear that both cellular and humoral immune responses are important in developing the final picture of autoimmune disease. In the case of the amelanosis of Smyth line (SL) chickens, ant...

Topics

Animals
Autoimmune Diseases
Chickens
Disease Models, Animal
Humans
Phenotype
Scleroderma, Systemic
Thyroiditis, Autoimmune
Vitiligo

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