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Spontaneous autoimmune skin lesions of MRL/n mice: autoimmune disease-prone genetic background in relation to Fas-defect MRL/1pr mice.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Jul 1996
Furukawa F, Kanauchi H, Wakita H, Tokura Y, Tachibana T, Horiguchi Y, Imamura S, Ozaki S, Takigawa M
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The autoimmune-prone MRL/Mp-lpr/lpr (MRL/lpr) mouse is characterized by the lpr mutation, which is a defect in the Fas antigen. Since Fas mediates apoptosis, this defect results in CD4-CD8- double negative T-cell proliferation, lupus nephritis, and macroscopic lupus erythematosus-like skin lesion...
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