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First release of a fungal classical biocontrol agent against an invasive alien weed in Europe: biology of the rust, Puccinia komarovii var. glanduliferae by Tanner, R. A, Pollard, K. M, Varia, S, Evans, H. C, Ellison, C. A

“…The rust fungus Puccinia komarovii var. glanduliferae was first identified infecting Impatiens glandulifera in its native range (western Himalayas) between…”
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Gold- and silver-induced murine autoimmunity - requirement for cytokines and CD28 in murine heavy metal-induced autoimmunity by Havarinasab, S, Pollard, K.M, Hultman, P

“…Treatment with gold in the form of aurothiomaleate, silver or mercury (Hg) in genetically susceptible mouse strains (H-2s) induces a systemic autoimmune…”
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Advances in B-cell epitope analysis of autoantigens in connective tissue diseases by Mahler, M, Blüthner, M, Pollard, K.M

“…The characterization of autoantibody specificities in rheumatic diseases is important in both diagnostic and basic research areas. Identification of the…”
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Gold causes genetically determined autoimmune and immunostimulatory responses in mice by Havarinasab, S., Johansson, U., Pollard, K. M., Hultman, P.

“…Summary Natrium aurothiomaleate (GSTM) is a useful disease‐modifying anti‐rheumatic drug, but causes a variety of immune‐mediated adverse effects in many…”
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Immunosuppressive and autoimmune effects of thimerosal in mice by Havarinasab, S., Häggqvist, B., Björn, E., Pollard, K.M., Hultman, P.

“…The possible health effects of the organic mercury compound thimerosal (ethylmercurithiosalicylate), which is rapidly metabolized to ethylmercury (EtHg), have…”
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Battling the biotypes of balsam: the biological control of Impatiens glandulifera using the rust fungus Puccinia komarovii var. glanduliferae in GB by Pollard, K.M., Varia, S., Seier, M.K., Ellison, C.A.

“…Impatiens glandulifera, or Himalayan balsam, is a prolific invader of riverine habitats. Introduced from the Himalayas for ornamental purposes in 1839, this…”
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Potential of a coevolved rust fungus for the management of Himalayan balsam in the British Isles: first field releases by Ellison, C A, Pollard, K M, Varia, S, Gange, Alan

“…Summary In 2014, the rust fungus Puccinia komarovii var. glanduliferae, native to the foothills of the Himalayas from Kashmir to Western Nepal, became the…”
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The Effect of Xenobiotic Exposure on Spontaneous Autoimmunity in (SWR × SJL)F1 Hybrid Mice by Hultman, P., Taylor, A., Yang, J. M., Pollard, K. M.

“…F1 hybrids of SWR (H-2 q ) and SJL (H-2 s ) mice spontaneously develop a lupuslike condition in an age-dependent manner, and these two H-2 haplotypes also…”
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Proteolytic Cleavage of a Self-Antigen Following Xenobiotic-Induced Cell Death Produces a Fragment with Novel Immunogenic Properties by Pollard, K. Michael, Pearson, Deborah L, Bluthner, Martin, Tan, Eng M

“…The heavy metal mercury elicits a genetically restricted autoantibody response in mice that targets the nucleolar autoantigen fibrillarin. HgCl2-induced cell…”
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Resistance to Xenobiotic-Induced Autoimmunity Maps to Chromosome 1 by Kono, Dwight H, Park, Miyo S, Szydlik, Agnieszka, Haraldsson, Katarina M, Kuan, Jason D, Pearson, Deborah L, Hultman, Per, Pollard, K. Michael

“…Although evidence indicates that environmental factors play a major role in precipitating systemic autoimmunity in genetically susceptible individuals, little…”
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Analysis of the autoantibody response to fibrillarin in human disease and murine models of autoimmunity by Takeuchi, K, Turley, SJ, Tan, EM, Pollard, KM

“…Fibrillarin, a component of the U3 RNP particle, is a target for the spontaneously arising autoantibodies in human scleroderma and a monoclonal autoantibody…”
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Selective induction of anti‐fibrillarin autoantibodies by silver nitrate in mice by HULTMAN, P., ENESTRöM, S., TURLEY, S. J., POLLARD, K. M.

“…SUMMARY Female SJL (H‐2s) mice developed serum IgG anti‐nucleolar antibodies (ANoA) after 5 weeks treatment with 0·05% or 0·01% silver nitrate (AgNO3) in…”
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Anti-fibrillarin autoantibodies in mercury-treated mice by HULTMAN, P, ENESTROM, S, POLLARD, K. M, TAN, E. M

“…Using indirect immunofluorescence (IF) with HEp-2 cells as a substrate serially bled SJL mice were found to gradually develop a high titre of anti-nucleolar…”
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Autoantibody-defined epitopes on nuclear antigens are conserved, conformation-dependent and active site regions by Tan, E M, Muro, Y, Pollard, K M

“…Antinuclear antibodies in the systemic rheumatic diseases have been powerful reagents for identifying and characterizing nuclear antigens and for elucidating…”
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Murine Genotype Influences the Specificity, Magnitude and Persistence of Murine Mercury-Induced Autoimmunity by Hultman, Per, Turley, Shannon J., Eneström, Sverker, Lindh, Ulf, Pollard, Michael K.

“…Genetic factors are major contributors in determining the susceptibility to systemic autoimmune diseases. We studied the influence of genotype on systemic…”
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In vitro posttranslational modification of lamin B cloned from a human T-cell line by POLLARD, K. M, CHAN, E. K. L, GRANT, B. J, SULLIVAN, K. F, TAN, E. M, GLASS, C. A

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IgG subclasses of autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, and drug-induced autoimmunity by Rubin, RL, Tang, FL, Chan, EK, Pollard, KM, Tsay, G, Tan, EM

“…The IgG subclasses displayed by autoantibodies were examined in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases. Solid-phase assays performed with purified antigens…”
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Xenobiotic Acceleration of Idiopathic Systemic Autoimmunity in Lupus-Prone BXSB Mice by Pollard, K. Michael, Pearson, Deborah L., Hultman, Per, Deane, Tricia N., Lindh, Ulf, Kono, Dwight H.

“…The diverse genetic backgrounds of lupus-prone murine models, which produce both quantitative and qualitative differences in disease expression, may be a…”
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Protein N-Arginine Methylation in Subcellular Fractions of Lymphoblastoid Cells by Lin, Chia-Hui, Hsieh, Mingli, Li, Yueh-Chum, Li, Shuan-Yow, Pearson, Deborah L., Pollard, K. Michael, Li, Chuan

“…Arginine methylation in RNA-binding proteins containing arginin- and glycine-rich RGG motifs is catalyzed by specific protein arginine N-methyltransferase in…”
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Immunology and genetics of induced systemic autoimmunity by Pollard, K. Michael, Hultman, Per, Kono, Dwight H.

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multigenic disorder of unknown etiology. To investigate the role of specific genes in lupus, we have examined the effects of…”
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