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Hepatic granulomatous lesions were induced in mice by a single intraperitoneal injection of 3 mg of disrupted Streptococcus pyogenes cell-wall material. Mice carrying the H-2 b or H-2 k haplotypes were highly susceptible to the induction and three weeks after the injection produced numerous granulomas. In contrast, mice of the H-2 d haplotype were resistant and produced only a few hepatic granulomas. Resistance was inherited as a dominant trait and in the backcross generation segregated together with the H-2 d phenotype. Testing of the H-2-recombinant mice indicated that the putative gene(s) determining resistance/susceptibility is located to the right of the S and to the left of the D region. Thes location corresponds to the recently described gene cluster consisting of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and lymphotoxin genes and several BAT sequences. The known effect of TNF on granuloma formation in mice is consistent with a possible effect of TNF genes, and their variants, on S. pyogenes-inducibility of hepatic granulomas in mice.
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Chen, CY., Cohen, S.A., Zaleski, M.B. et al. Genetic control of streptococcus-induced hepatic granulomatous lesions in mice. Immunogenetics 36, 28–32 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00209289
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