A quantitative study of the mechanisms behind thymic atrophy in Gαi2-deficient mice during colitis development.
Mice deficient for the G protein subunit Gαi2 spontaneously develop colitis, a chronic inflammatory disease associated with dysregulated T cell responses. We and others have previously demonstrated a thymic involution in these mice and an aberrant thymocyte dynamics. The Gαi2(-/-) mice have a dramat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3349706?pdf=render |