Differences in serum cytokine levels between wild type mice and mice with a targeted mutation suggests necessity of using control littermates.

doi:10.1016/j.cyto.2012.07.019

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Differences in serum cytokine levels between wild type mice and mice with a targeted mutation suggests necessity of using control littermates.

Cytokine - 1 Dec 2012

Briesemeister Dana, Friese Christian, Isern Carla Cuartero, Dietz Ekkehart, Blankenstein Thomas, Thoene-Reineke Christa, Kammertoens Thomas

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To enhance protection from pathogens, housing conditions have been improved constantly. We wanted to test whether various environmental conditions and caging systems affect serum cytokine levels of immunodeficient mice differently than they affect immunocompetent control animals. We compared serum cytokine levels of immunodeficient and immunocompetent mice kept in three different environments: a specific pathogen...

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