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SUBMITTER: Dougan M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3104747 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dougan Michael M Li Danan D Neuberg Donna D Mihm Martin M Googe Paul P Wong Kwok-Kin KK Dranoff Glenn G
The Journal of clinical investigation 20110502 6
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Both principal factors known to cause lung cancer, cigarette smoke and asbestos, induce pulmonary inflammation, and pulmonary inflammation has recently been implicated in several murine models of lung cancer. To further investigate the role of inflammation in the development of lung cancer, we generated mice with combined loss of IFN-γ and the β-common cytokines GM-CSF and IL-3. These immunodeficient mice develop chronic pulmonary infla ...[more]