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Persistence of functionally compromised anti-double-stranded DNA B cells in the periphery of non-autoimmune mice.
International immunology - 1 Nov 1997
Roark J H, Bui A, Nguyen K A, Mandik L, Erikson J
Abstract excerpt
Both anti-single-stranded (ss) and anti-double-stranded (ds) DNA antibodies are associated with the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but only anti-dsDNA antibodies are considered one of the diagnostic criteria. Using Ig transgenes coding for anti-DNA we have determined the fate of anti-dsDNA B cells in a non-autoimmune environment. In a Rag-2 wild-type background, B cells expressing the...
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