The present invention provides a non-human model animal of Goodpasture's
syndrome that contributes to the treatment of Goodpasture's syndrome
where the development of therapy had been delayed due to the lack of
adequate disease models, a method for screening a remedy for
Goodpasture's syndrome by using the model animal, and a method for
diagnosing Goodpasture's syndrome at the early stage. A Goodpasture's
syndrome model mouse is constructed by immunizing immunoglobulin
Fc.gamma. receptor IIB knockout mouse with type IV collagen, thereby
inducing Goodpasture's syndrome. Moreover, a remedy for Goodpasture's
syndrome is screened by administration of test substances to the
Goodpasture's syndrome model mouse, followed by evaluating the severity
of the expression of Goodpasture's syndrome as an index, such as diffuse
alveolar hemorrhage, glomerulonephritis, the appearance of antikidney
glomerular basement membrane antibody, and the like.