Genetic control of HgCl 2 -induced IgE and autoimmunity by a 117-kb interval on rat chromosome 9 through CD4 CD45RC high T cells

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 258-267

  Pedros, C ^a,b   Papapietro, O ^a,b   Colacios, C ^a,b   Casemayou, A ^a,b   Bernard, I ^a,b   Garcia, V ^a,b,d   Lagrange, D ^a,b   Mariame B ^a,b   Andreoletti, O ^c   Fournie G J ^a,b   Saoudi, A ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b France   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CD45RC; congenic rats; heavy metal triggered immune disorders; positional cloning; Vav1

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD45RC ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CD45 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BROWN NORWAY RAT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMOSOME 9; GENETIC REGULATION; GLOMERULOPATHY; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; LEWIS RAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLENOMEGALY; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHROMOSOME; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEPHRITIS; TOXICITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD45; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; GENETIC LOCI; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; NEPHRITIS; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED LEW;

EID: 84878949409     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2013.21     Document Type: Article

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