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Female sex hormones suppress development of collagen‐induced arthritis in mice
Rikard Holmdahl, Liselott Jansson, Mikael Andersson
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Abstract
We have previously reported that male DBA/1 mice are more susceptible to collagen-induced arthritis than are females. Here we report that oophorectomy makes female mice as susceptible to collagen arthritis as are normal males. Induction of collagen-induced arthritis in mice is a T cell-dependent process. The role of female sex hormones in modulating T cell-dependent autoimmune diseases is discussed.