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CD40/CD154 ligation is required for the development of acute ileitis following oral infection with an intracellular pathogen in mice.
Gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2002
Li Wen, Buzoni-Gatel Dominique, Debbabi Hajer, Hu Mark S, Mennechet Franck J D, Durell Brigit G, Noelle Randolph J, Kasper Lloyd H
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Acute inflammatory ileitis occurs in C57BL/6 mice after oral infection with Toxoplasma gondii. We evaluated the role of CD40/CD154 interaction in the development of acute ileitis in this experimental model. METHODS: CD154-/- and anti-CD154 antibody-treated mice as well as chimeric mice, either C57BL/6 or CD40-/- reconstituted with bone marrow from C57BL/6 or CD40-/- mice, were orally infected...
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