Lyme Disease in Human DR4Dw4-Transgenic Mice
Feng S, Barthold S, Bockenstedt L, Zaller D, Fikrig E. Lyme Disease in Human DR4Dw4-Transgenic Mice. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1995, 172: 286-289. PMID: 7797933, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/172.1.286.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDR4 transgenic miceChronic Lyme arthritisLyme arthritisGroups of miceHigh antibody titersHLA-DR4 allelesB. burgdorferiControl miceMajor histocompatibility complex class II genesAntibody titersArthritisOuter surface proteinsClass II genesLyme diseaseMiceDay 120Beta 1 domainsAlpha 1Equal severityBorrelia burgdorferiMouse IBurgdorferiHuman alpha 1DiseaseSurface proteins