Autoimmune disease mouse model exhibits pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is often associated with connective tissue disease. Although there are some animal models of pulmonary hypertension, an autoimmune disease-based model has not yet been reported. MRL/lpr mice, which have hypergammaglobulinemia, produce various autoimmune antibodies, an...

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Main Authors: Koichi Sugimoto, Kazuhiko Nakazato, Akihiko Sato, Satoshi Suzuki, Akiomi Yoshihisa, Takeshi Machida, Shu-Ichi Saitoh, Hideharu Sekine, Yasuchika Takeishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5605000?pdf=render