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Altered susceptibility to collagen-induced arthritis in transgenic mice with aberrant expression of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Oct 1998
Ma Y, Thornton S, Boivin G P, Hirsh D, Hirsch R, Hirsch E
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of overexpression or deletion of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) in collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). METHODS: Mice overexpressing the IL-1Ra gene under the control of its endogenous promoter, mice lacking IL-1Ra, and normal littermate controls were immunized with bovine type II collagen (CII) and compared in terms of features of CIA. RESULTS: Mice overexpressing...
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