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ArticleImmunology1997

Autocrine expression of interleukin-7 rescues lymphoid expansion in interleukin-7-deficient mice.

B E Rich

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Article in Immunology, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Osteoblast-specific overexpression of human interleukin-7 rescues the bone mass phenotype of interleukin-7-deficient female mice.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

B E RichDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Harvard University · US

Funding

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY PROGRAMU19CA048626 · NCI · BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER · PI FOSS, FRANCINE M · 1995 to 1997
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NCI NIH HHS 2 U19 CA48626 06
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The murine interleukin-7 (IL-7) gene was disrupted to examine the role of IL-7 in the lymphoid system. Expansion of lymphoid cells is sharply curtailed in IL-7-deficient mice. This is evident in a dramatic reduction but not elimination of lymphoid cells in the thymus, bone marrow and spleen. The few thymocytes present express CD4 and/or CD8 markers associated with T-cell maturation. Similarly, a limited number of B cells detected in the bone marrow rearrange and express immunoglobulin genes. Small but distinct populations of B and T cells are found in the spleens of IL-7-deficient mice. Thus the signal transmitted by IL-7 plays a central role in the expansion of lymphocytes while it is not absolutely required for their maturation. A transgene that directs expression of IL-7 to lymphoid cells was found to restore the numbers of thymocytes, bone marrow B-cell progenitors and splenic lymphocytes of IL-7-deficient mice to approximately normal levels. This genetic complementation confirms that the lymphoid defect is specifically due to the absence of IL-7 and demonstrates that the expansion of lymphoid cells in an organism is regulated by their exposure to IL-7.

Indexed as

AnimalsAutocrine CommunicationBlotting, SouthernB-LymphocytesBone MarrowInterleukin-7Leukocyte CountLymphoid TissueMiceMice, TransgenicOrgan SizeSpleenThymus GlandT-LymphocytesInterleukin-7

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PMID9486111
PMCPMC1363799
OpenAlexW2076331084

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