Toll-like receptor 9 suppresses lupus disease in Fas-sufficient MRL Mice.

Genetic deficiency in TLR9 accelerates pathogenesis in the spontaneous polygenic MRL.Faslpr murine model of systemic lupus erythematosus, despite the absence of anti-nucleosome autoantibodies. However, it could be argued that this result was dependent on Fas-deficiency rather than lupus-promoting ge...

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Main Authors: Kevin M Nickerson, Yujuan Wang, Sheldon Bastacky, Mark J Shlomchik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5344451?pdf=render