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Differential sensitivity to Escherichia coli infection in mice lacking tumor necrosis factor p55 or interleukin-1 p80 receptors.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Nov 1996
Acton R D, Dahlberg P S, Uknis M E, Klaerner H G, Fink G S, Norman J G, Dunn D L
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of targeted disruption of the cellular receptors of either tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) or interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) during experimental gram-negative bacterial infection and endotoxemia. DESIGN: Transgenic (knockout [KO]) mice deficient in either the p55 TNF receptor (TNF RI) or the p80 IL-1 receptor (IL-1 RI) were challenged with intravenous lipopolysaccharide...
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