2022
A Human MSH6 Germline Variant Associated With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Induces Lupus‐like Disease in Mice
Meas R, Nititham J, Taylor KE, Maher S, Clairmont K, Carufe KEW, Kashgarian M, Nottoli T, Cheong A, Nagel ZD, Gaffney PM, Criswell LA, Sweasy JB. A Human MSH6 Germline Variant Associated With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Induces Lupus‐like Disease in Mice. ACR Open Rheumatology 2022, 4: 760-770. PMID: 35708944, PMCID: PMC9469486, DOI: 10.1002/acr2.11471.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSystemic lupus erythematosusAntinuclear antibodiesMSH6 variantsLupus erythematosusMSH6 mutationsMouse modelSingle nucleotide polymorphismsDevelopment of SLELevel of ANAInfiltration of CD68Lupus-like diseaseInflammatory lung diseasesLung alveolar spacesRepair genesMismatch repair genesLung diseaseHealthy controlsPeyer's patchesWildtype miceAlveolar spaceCRISPR/Cas9 gene targetingSomatic hypermutation frequenciesAutoimmune phenotypeMiceDifferent mismatch repair genes
2021
DNA glycosylase deficiency leads to decreased severity of lupus in the Polb-Y265C mouse model
Paluri SL, Burak M, Senejani AG, Levinson M, Rahim T, Clairmont K, Kashgarian M, Alvarado-Cruz I, Meas R, Cardó-Vila M, Zeiss C, Maher S, Bothwell ALM, Coskun E, Kant M, Jaruga P, Dizdaroglu M, Lloyd R, Sweasy JB. DNA glycosylase deficiency leads to decreased severity of lupus in the Polb-Y265C mouse model. DNA Repair 2021, 105: 103152. PMID: 34186496, PMCID: PMC8635285, DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2021.103152.Peer-Reviewed Original Research