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SUBMITTER: Otero K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4004764 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Otero Karel K Turnbull Isaiah R IR Poliani Pietro Luigi PL Vermi William W Cerutti Elisa E Aoshi Taiki T Tassi Ilaria I Takai Toshiyuki T Stanley Samuel L SL Miller Mark M Shaw Andrey S AS Colonna Marco M
Nature immunology 20090607 7
Macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) influences the proliferation and survival of mononuclear phagocytes through the receptor CSF-1R. The adaptor protein DAP12 is critical for the function of mononuclear phagocytes. DAP12-mutant mice and humans have defects in osteoclasts and microglia, as well as brain and bone abnormalities. Here we show DAP12 deficiency impaired the M-CSF-induced proliferation and survival of macrophages in vitro. DAP12-deficient mice had fewer microglia in defined ce ...[more]