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Chymase-Cre; Mcl-1fl/fl Mice Exhibit Reduced Numbers of Mucosal Mast Cells

Filename 361. Luo et al., Chm-Cre_Frontiers Immun2019.pdf
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Date added June 8, 2019
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Category Original Work
Tags mast cells
Authors Luo, Y., Meyer, N., Jiao, Q., Scheffel, J., Zimmermann, C., Metz, M., Zenclussen, A. C., Maurer, M., and Siebenhaar, F.
Citation Luo, Y., Meyer, N., Jiao, Q., Scheffel, J., Zimmermann, C., Metz, M., Zenclussen, A. C., Maurer, M., and Siebenhaar, F.: Chymase-Cre; Mcl-1fl/fl mice exhibit reduced numbers of mucosal mast cells. Front. Immunol. 2019: 10; 2399.
Corresponding authors Maurer, M.
DocNum o.361
DocType PDF
Edition; Page 10; 2399
IF 5.09
Publisher Front. Immunol.
ReleaseDate 2019

Mast cells (MCs) are considered as key effector cells in the elicitation of allergic symptoms, and they are essential players in innate and adaptive immune responses. In mice, two main types of MCs have been described: connective tissue MCs (CTMCs) and mucosal MCs (MMCs). However, little is known about the biological functions of MMCs, which is due to the lack of suitable models to investigate MMCs in vivo.
Here, we aimed to generate a mouse model selectively deficient in MMCs. It has been previously described that Cre expressed under the control of the baboon α-chymase promotor is predominantly localized in MMCs. Therefore, we mated α-chymase-Cre transgenic mice with mice bearing a floxed allele of the myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1 (Mcl-1). Mcl-1 encodes for an intracellular antiapoptotic factor in MCs; hence, a selective reduction in MMCs was expected. Our results show that this new mouse model contains markedly reduced numbers of MMCs in mucosal tissues, whereas numbers of CTMCs are normal. Thus, Chm-Cre; Mcl-1fl/fl mice are a useful tool for the investigation of the pathophysiological functions of MMCs in vivo.

 

(Last update: 12.2023)

Number of original publications in peer-reviewed journals:580
Number of reviews in peer-reviewed journals:210
Number of publications (original work and reviews) in peer-reviewed journals:790
Cumulative IF for original publications in peer-reviewed journals:4196.39
Cumulative IF for reviews in peer-reviewed journals:1409.32
Cumulative IF of publications (original work & reviews) in peer-reviewed journals:5605.71
Total number of citations: 36,836, h-index: 99 (Web of Science December 2023)36836

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