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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Main Authors: Kristina Elgbratt, Andreas Jansson, Elisabeth Hultgren-Hörnquist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3349706?pdf=render