Mouse models metals

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Rowley Monestier (2005) reviewed mechanisms of the induction of autoimmunity by the heavy metal mercury in the rat and mouse. In contrast to the rat autoimmune model, in the mouse model for autoimmunity induced by mercury, the autoantibody response is specifically targeted towards nucleolar antigens and is associated with induction of antifibrillarin autoantibodies. Second, exposure to low doses of mercury can dramatically worsen the development of autoimmune responses in lupus mouse models. A third difference is the nature of the interaction of heavy metals such as mercury with thiol groups and the role of this affinity in the availability of certain thiol-containing molecules for immature cells. 

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