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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Teresa Lambe
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-2376 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nature 20050501 7041
Despite the sequencing of the human and mouse genomes, few genetic mechanisms for protecting against autoimmune disease are currently known. Here we systematically screen the mouse genome for autoimmune regulators to isolate a mouse strain, sanroque, with severe autoimmune disease resulting from a single recessive defect in a previously unknown mechanism for repressing antibody responses to self. The sanroque mutation acts within mature T cells to cause formation of excessive numbers of follicul ...[more]