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. 2015 Aug 12;100:190–209. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2015.08.003

Table 2.

Experimental models of adjuvant autoimmunity

Experimental models Strain Disease model or related signs and symptoms Adjuvant
Murine Rats DA (dark agouti) rats Rheumatoid arthritis Mineral oil (CFA, pristane, squalene,avridine) [34], [35]
Arthritis Collagen [36]
Sprague Dawley rats Arthritis CFA [37]
MMF Aluminum [38]
Mice BALB/c Plasmacytomas Mineral oil, pristane [39]
Sclerosing lipogranulomas SC injection of mineral oil [40]
SLE-related autoantibodies Pristane, CFA, squalene [41]
C57BL/6 Antiphospholipid-like syndrome CFA, IFA [42]
NZB/NZWF1 SLE, lupus like GLN CFA, alum [43]
Salmons Impaired growth rate, decreased carcass quality, spinal deformities, uveitis, inflammatory reactions in the abdominal cavity, RF, ANA, ANCA, immune-complex GLN and chronic granulomatous inflammation Vaccines with adjuvants such as oils [44]
Rabbits Inflammation at injection site Vaccine: CFA, IFA, montanide [45]
Swine Granulomatous inflammation
Adverse local reactions
Mineral oils [46]
Primates Rhesus macaque Potential delayed acquisition of neonatal reflexes aluminum contained in pre clinical vaccine testing [47]

C57BL/6 (transgenic factor V Leiden-mutated C57/BL6-back-crossed mice); RF: rheumatoid factor; ANA: antinuclear autoantibodies; ANCA: anti-cytoplasmic autoantibodies; GLN: glumerulonephritis; SLE: systemic lupus erythematous; MMF: macrophagic myofasciitis.