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IMMUNOLOGY: Discriminating Microbe from Self Suffers a Double Toll
Christopher C. Goodnow
The autoimmune disease lupus is caused by immune cells that secrete antibodies to the patient's own antigens. A mouse version of the disease reveals two genes that lead to this disregulation.
The author is in the John Curtin School of Medical Research and Australian Phenomics Facility, The Australian National University, Post Office Box 334, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. E-mail: chris.goodnow{at}anu.edu.au
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