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Transgenic mice expressing a truncated Peromyscus leucopus TNF-alpha gene manifest an arthritis resembling ankylosing spondylitis.
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research - 1 Apr 1998
Crew M D, Effros R B, Walford R L, Zeller E, Cheroutre H, Brahn E
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have implicated tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To elucidate further the role of TNF-alpha in inflammatory arthritis, we generated transgenic mice harboring a truncated Peromyscus leucopus TNF-alpha (Pe-TNF) gene. An arthritic phenotype closely resembling human ankylosing spondylitis was observed only in transgenic lines expressing...
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