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Identification of rat quantitative trait loci that regulate LPS-induced pro-inflammatory cytokine responses.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Sept 2002
Xu H, Wallstrom E, Becanovic K, Dahlman I, Lorentzen J C
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) trigger innate immune effector functions, such as the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Here we utilized major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-congenic rats to dissect the genetic basis of strain-dependent variations of LPS-induced tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) levels in a whole blood in vitro assay. PVG.1AV1 background was associated with a high response,...
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