Dinorah Friedmann's research while affiliated with Hebrew University of Jerusalem and other places

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Lupus-prone, anti-DNA, heavy (H) chain "knock-in" mice were obtained by backcrossing C57BL/6 mice, targeted with a rearranged H chain from a VH11(S107)-encoded anti-DNA hybridoma (D42), onto the autoimmune genetic background of New Zealand Black/New Zealand White (NZB/NZW) F1 mice. The targeted female mice developed typical lupus serologic manifest...
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To study the relative contributions of clonal deletion, clonal anergy, and receptor editing to tolerance induction in autoreactive B cells and their dependence on B cell receptor affinity, we have constructed "knock in" mice in which germline encoded or somatically mutated, rearranged anti-DNA heavy (H) chains were targeted to the H chain locus of...

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... It has been shown that anti-dsDNA B cells were suppressed by multiple tolerance mechanisms in mouse models (11)(12)(13)(14). Although some dsDNA-reactive B cells were deleted in bone marrow, many emigrated to the periphery and exhibited an altered surface phenotype and reduced lifespan (13,15,16). ...
... This technique is used to further define defects in immune function and autoimmune development in lupus. [92][93][94] Knockout models of lupus The technique of gene knockout has been used extensively to study pathogenetic mechanisms in lupus. A large number of such knockout studies were performed on the MRL/lpr background and provided important understanding of the effects of certain genes and certain cells on disease. ...