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ArticleClinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology2004

Transgenic mice showing inflammation-inducible overexpression of granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor.

B Burke, A Pridmore, N Harraghy, A Collick, J Brown, T Mitchell

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Article in Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

B BurkeDivision of Infection and Immunity, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
A Pridmore
N Harraghy
A Collick
J Brown
T Mitchell
University of Glasgow · GBMRC Toxicology Unit · GBUniversity of Leicester · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We used the promoter of the human C-reactive protein (CRP) gene to drive inflammation-inducible overexpression of the cytokine granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in transgenic mice. Transgenic mice carrying a CRP/GM-CSF fusion gene show a >150-fold increases in circulating levels of GM-CSF within 6 h of intraperitoneal inoculation with 25 microg of lipopolysaccharide. However, some of the transgenic mice also display relatively high basal levels of GM-CSF in the absence of any obvious inflammatory stimulus. Raised basal levels of GM-CSF are associated with a number of pathological changes, including enlarged and histologically abnormal livers and spleens and with increases in the number and activation state of macrophages and granulocytes in the peripheral blood. Despite problems associated with the expression of such a potent pleiotropic cytokine as GM-CSF, the principle of inflammation-inducible expression of chimeric constructs has been shown to be feasible. Inducible expression systems such as that described here could be of potential use in the study of the role of cytokines in health and disease and in the development of disease-resistant strains of livestock.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBinding SitesCell Line, TumorC-Reactive ProteinDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleFlow CytometryGene Expression RegulationGenetic VectorsGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorHumansInflammationInterleukin-1Interleukin-6C-Reactive ProteinDNA-Binding ProteinsGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorInterleukin-1Interleukin-6LipopolysaccharidesMilk ProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSTAT5 Transcription FactorTrans-Activators

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PMID15138187
PMCPMC404575
OpenAlexW2123264481

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