Home
Deutsch
Advanced Search
Browse by ...
Publication overview
Contact persons
Help
DOI
PMC
 |
|
Open Access Green as soon as Postprint is submitted to ZB.
Generalized multi-organ autoimmunity in CCR7-deficient mice.
Eur. J. Immunol. 37, 613-622 (2007)
Development of autoimmunity is a multi-factorial process involving genetic predisposition as well as environmental and stochastic factors. Although the mechanisms responsible for the initiation of autoimmunity remain only partially understood, several studies have demonstrated that genetic predisposition plays a major role in this process. In the present study, we analyzed the influence of CCR7 signaling in the development of autoimmunity, because this chemokine receptor is essentially involved in the functional organization of thymus architecture. We demonstrate that CCR7-deficient mice are prone to develop generalized multi-organ autoimmunity. The autoimmune phenotype of CCR7-/- mice encompasses the presence of lymphocyte infiltrates in several peripheral organs, circulating autoantibodies against a multitude of tissue-specific antigens and IgG deposition on renal glomeruli. Additionally, CCR7-deficient mice show increased susceptibility to streptozotocin-induced diabetes and spontaneously display signs of chronic autoimmune renal disease. Thus, this study identifies CCR7 as a genetic factor involved in the regulation of autoimmunity.
Altmetric
Additional Metrics?
Edit extra informations
Login
Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity; Chemokines
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0014-2980
e-ISSN
1521-4141
Journal
European Journal of Immunology
Quellenangaben
Volume: 37,
Issue: 3,
Pages: 613-622
Publisher
Wiley
Publishing Place
Hoboken
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Molecular Immunology (IMI)