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Generation of a transgenic mouse line for conditional expression of human IL-6
Taiki Mori1, Yusuke Murasawa, Rina Ikai
1Medical Genome Center, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (NCGG), Obu, Aichi 474-8511, Japan.
Abstract:
IL-6 is a cytokine that is involved in various physiological and pathological conditions, and approaches using gain-of-function transgenic animals have contributed in elucidating IL-6 function. However, studies of the multiple functions of IL-6 in vivo are very time consuming because they require the generation of transgenic mice that harbor the gene encoding IL-6 under the control of specific promoters to mimic different pathologies. Here, we report the establishment of a conditional human IL-6 transgenic mouse, LGL-IL6, which conditionally expresses human IL-6 by taking advantage of the well-characterized Cre recombinase drivers.
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