Cytokine reporter mice in immunological research: Perspectives and lessons learned

Immunology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Croxford, Andrew L ^a,b   Buch, Thorsten ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cre loxP; Cytokine; Gene targeting; Interferon ; Interleukin 10; Interleukin 17; Interleukin 4; Reporter strain; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTERFERON; CYTOKINE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 17F; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 7; MESSENGER RNA; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; GENES, REPORTER; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 78649981849     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2010.03372.x     Document Type: Review

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