New Spontaneous Mouse Model Shows Promise for Bolstering Sjögren's Syndrome Treatment (IMAGE)

Tohoku University

New Spontaneous Mouse Model Shows Promise for Bolstering Sjögren's Syndrome Treatment

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Histopathological findings of spontaneous vasculitis in the kidney of McH-lpr/lpr-RA1 mice (left). The remarkable inflammatory cells were infiltrating into tissue areas around blood vessels. Spontaneous arthritis in the knee joint of a McH-lpr/lpr-RA1 mouse (right) showed bone destruction of joint tissue accompanied by inflammatory cell infiltration.

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Tohoku University

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