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Autoimmune Diseases
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 239358, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/239358
Research Article

Elements of the B Cell Signalosome Are Differentially Affected by Mercury Intoxication

Randall F. Gill,1 Michael J. McCabe,2 and Allen J. Rosenspire1

1Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
2Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA

Received 1 October 2013; Revised 7 January 2014; Accepted 20 January 2014; Published 4 May 2014

Academic Editor: K. Michael Pollard

Copyright © 2014 Randall F. Gill et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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