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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6440
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
Tumour necrosis factor (TNF), jointly referring to TNF alpha and TNF beta, is a central mediator of immune and inflammatory responses; its activities are mediated by two distinct receptors, TNFR1 (p55) and TNFR2 (p75) (reviewed in refs 1-3). The cytoplasmic domains of the TNFRs are unrelated, suggesting that they link to different intracellular signalling pathways. Although most TNF responses have been assigned to one or the other of the TNF receptors (mostly TNFR1), there is no generally accepted model for the physiological role of the two receptor types. To investigate the role of TNFR1 in beneficial and detrimental activities of TNF, we generated TNFR1-deficient mice by gene targeting. We report here that mice homozygous for a disrupted Tnfr1 allele (Tnfr1(0)) are resistant to the lethal effect of low doses of lipopolysaccharide after sensitization with D-galactosamine, but remain sensitive to high doses of lipopolysaccharide. The increased susceptibility of Tnfr1(0)/Tnfr1(0) mutant mice to infection with the facultative intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes indicates an essential role of TNF in nonspecific immunity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
364
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
798-802
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Chimera, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Disease Susceptibility, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Galactosamine, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Listeria monocytogenes, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Listeriosis, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Salmonella, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:8395024-Vaccinia virus
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Mice lacking the tumour necrosis factor receptor 1 are resistant to TNF-mediated toxicity but highly susceptible to infection by Listeria monocytogenes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article