| Literature DB >> 9040015 |
H Yamazaki1, H Ikeda, A Ishizu, Y Nakamaru, T Sugaya, K Kikuchi, S Yamada, A Wakisaka, N Kasai, T Koike, M Hatanaka, T Yoshiki.
Abstract
To investigate the pathogenesis of human T lymphocyte virus type I (HTLV-I)- related diseases, the env-pX gene of HTLV-I was introduced into the germline of inbred Wistar-King-Aptekman-Hokudai rats. A wide spectrum of collagen vascular diseases was evident in the transgenic rats, including chronic destructive arthritis similar to rheumatoid arthritis, necrotizing arteritis mimicking polyarteritis nodosa, polymyositis, myocarditis, dermatitis, and chronic sialoadenitis and dacryoadenitis resembling Sjögren's syndrome in humans. Thymic atrophy with the depletion of CD4 and CD8 double-positive thymocytes was also observed. In these animals, a number of autoantibodies, including high titers of rheumatoid factor, were present in the serum. We propose that the HTLV-I env-pX gene region may play a pathogenetic role in the development of collagen vascular and autoimmune diseases associated with autoimmune phenomenon.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID： 9040015 DOI： 10.1093/intimm/9.2.339
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int Immunol ISSN： 0953-8178 Impact factor: 4.823