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Interleukin-10-deficient mice develop chronic enterocolitis.
Cell - 22 Oct 1993
Kühn R, Löhler J, Rennick D, Rajewsky K, Müller W
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-10 (IL-10) affects the growth and differentiation of many hemopoietic cells in vitro; in particular, it is a potent suppressor of macrophage and T cell functions. In IL-10-deficient mice, generated by gene targeting, lymphocyte development and antibody responses are normal, but most animals are growth retarded and anemic and suffer from chronic enterocolitis. Alterations in intestine include extensive...
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