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Gene expression profiling of Bone-Marrow-Derived-Macrophages (5 days of culture) in a backcross population of LEW and WKY

ABSTRACT: WKY and LEW strains have been widely studied for their differential susceptibility to experimental glomerulonephritis. In particular these strains show strong variations in the macrophage activation. This dataset measures expression of macrophages in backcross population of WKY DC and LEW rats and includes a few control origninating from the WKY DC strain.

ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus

SUBMITTER: Jacques Behmoaras

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-2719 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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