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Simultaneous deficiency in CD28 and STAT6 results in chronic ectoparasite-induced inflammatory skin disease.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jul 2004
Liu Qian, Arseculeratne Cristin, Liu Zhugong, Whitmire Jeannette, Grusby Michael J, Finkelman Fred D, Darling Thomas N, Cheever Allen W, Swearengen James, Urban Joseph F, Gause William C
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A mouse lacking CD28, a T-cell costimulatory molecule, and STAT6, a transcription factor that mediates interleukin-4 (IL-4) signaling, was developed from parental CD28- and STAT6-deficient mice. STAT6/CD28(-/-) BALB/c mice that were 8 weeks old had a normal phenotype, and IL-4 production was indu...
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