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The BXH2 mutation in IRF8 differentially impairs dendritic cell subset development in the mouse.
Blood - 15 Feb 2008
Tailor Prafullakumar, Tamura Tomohiko, Morse Herbert C, Ozato Keiko
Abstract excerpt
Among dendritic cell (DC) subsets, CD8alpha(+) DCs and plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) produce high levels of IL12 and type I interferons (IFNs), respectively, and confer early innate immunity. Development of CD8alpha(+) DCs and pDCs requires the interferon regulatory factor 8 (IRF8). Recently, a spontaneous point mutation was identified in the Irf8/Icsbp gene in the BXH2 mouse, which exhibits an immunodeficient...
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