## Abstract ## Objective To determine whether innate receptor signals play an important role in the development of autoimmune nephritis in MRL/__lpr__ mice, an experimental model of lupus nephritis. ## Methods MyD88 is a critical adaptor that is involved in signaling pathways through all of the
MyD88-dependent autoimmune disease in Lyn-deficient mice
✍ Scribed by Karlee L. Silver; Tanya L. Crockford; Tiphaine Bouriez-Jones; Simon Milling; Teresa Lambe; Richard J. Cornall
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 330 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-2980
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