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A new mouse model that spontaneously develops chronic liver inflammation and fibrosis

Fransén-Pettersson, Nina LU ; Duarte, Nadia ; Nilsson, Julia LU ; Lundholm, Marie ; Mayans, Sofia ; Larefalk, Åsa ; Hannibal, Tine D. LU ; Hansen, Lisbeth LU ; Schmidt-Christensen, Anja LU orcid and Ivars, Fredrik LU , et al. (2016) In PLoS ONE 11(7).
Abstract

Here we characterize a new animal model that spontaneously develops chronic inflammation and fibrosis in multiple organs, the non-obese diabetic inflammation and fibrosis (N-IF) mouse. In the liver, the N-IF mouse displays inflammation and fibrosis particularly evident around portal tracts and central veins and accompanied with evidence of abnormal intrahepatic bile ducts. The extensive cellular infiltration consists mainly of macrophages, granulocytes, particularly eosinophils, and mast cells. This inflammatory syndrome is mediated by a transgenic population of natural killer T cells (NKT) induced in an immunodeficient NOD genetic background. The disease is transferrable to immunodeficient recipients, while polyclonal T cells from... (More)

Here we characterize a new animal model that spontaneously develops chronic inflammation and fibrosis in multiple organs, the non-obese diabetic inflammation and fibrosis (N-IF) mouse. In the liver, the N-IF mouse displays inflammation and fibrosis particularly evident around portal tracts and central veins and accompanied with evidence of abnormal intrahepatic bile ducts. The extensive cellular infiltration consists mainly of macrophages, granulocytes, particularly eosinophils, and mast cells. This inflammatory syndrome is mediated by a transgenic population of natural killer T cells (NKT) induced in an immunodeficient NOD genetic background. The disease is transferrable to immunodeficient recipients, while polyclonal T cells from unaffected syngeneic donors can inhibit the disease phenotype. Because of the fibrotic component, early on-set, spontaneous nature and reproducibility, this novel mouse model provides a unique tool to gain further insight into the underlying mechanisms mediating transformation of chronic inflammation into fibrosis and to evaluate intervention protocols for treating conditions of fibrotic disorders.

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7
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0159850
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chronic Inflammation and fibrosis
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  author       = {{Fransén-Pettersson, Nina and Duarte, Nadia and Nilsson, Julia and Lundholm, Marie and Mayans, Sofia and Larefalk, Åsa and Hannibal, Tine D. and Hansen, Lisbeth and Schmidt-Christensen, Anja and Ivars, Fredrik and Cardell, Susanna and Palmqvist, Richard and Rozell, Björn and Holmberg, Dan}},
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  title        = {{A new mouse model that spontaneously develops chronic liver inflammation and fibrosis}},
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  doi          = {{10.1371/journal.pone.0159850}},
  volume       = {{11}},
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