title: Some misconceptions about understanding autoimmunity through experiments with knockouts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Steinman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015551:Autoimmunity; D004681:Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental / Q000209:etiology*; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha