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Transgenic interleukin 11 expression causes cross-tissue fibro-inflammation and an inflammatory bowel phenotype in mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Lim Wei-Wen, Ng Benjamin, Widjaja Anissa, Xie Chen, Su Liping, Ko Nicole, Lim Sze-Yun, Kwek Xiu-Yi, Lim Stella, Cook Stuart Alexander, Schafer Sebastian
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin 11 (IL11) is a profibrotic cytokine, secreted by myofibroblasts and damaged epithelial cells. Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) also secrete IL11 under pathological conditions and express the IL11 receptor. Here we examined the effects of SMC-specific, conditional expression of murine IL11 in a transgenic mouse (Il11SMC). Within days of transgene activation, Il11SMC mice developed loose stools and...
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