Christopher B Toomey et al.
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 142(2), 339-349 (2014-09-23)
Susceptibility and resistance to systemic autoimmunity are genetically regulated. This is particularly true for murine mercury-induced autoimmunity (mHgIA) where DBA/2J mice are considered resistant to disease including polyclonal B cell activation, autoantibody responses, and immune complex deposits. To identify possible