“…In this respect, the anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM)-induced nephritis model is emerging as an informative experimental tool. [15][16][17][18][19][20] This may relate to the fact that anti-GBMinduced nephritis and spontaneously arising lupus nephritis share similar downstream cellular and molecular events that lead to renal pathology and dysfunction despite differing in the nature of the initial antibody deposits. 14 This powerful tool has helped to identify certain strains such as 129/sv, BUB, DBA/1, C58 and NZW as being particularly susceptible to immune-mediated nephritis and others such as A/J, AKR, BALB/c, C3H, C57BL/6, DBA/2, DDY, FVB, MRL, NOD, P/J, SB, SJL and SWR as being less susceptible.…”