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Several excellent animal models for systemic lupus erythematosus are available to study the pathogenetic mechanisms of anti-DNA antibodies, immunological mechanisms for their origin and the in uence of susceptibility genes for the development of anti-DNA antibodies. Furthermore several transgenic mice have been generated to study B cell tolerance against DNA. During the meeting recent progress on animal models for systemic lupus erythematosuswas discussed. Lupu