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SUBMITTER: Reber LL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5413333 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Reber Laurent L LL Gillis Caitlin M CM Starkl Philipp P Jönsson Friederike F Sibilano Riccardo R Marichal Thomas T Gaudenzio Nicolas N Bérard Marion M Rogalla Stephan S Contag Christopher H CH Bruhns Pierre P Galli Stephen J SJ
The Journal of experimental medicine 20170406 5
Neutrophils have crucial antimicrobial functions but are also thought to contribute to tissue injury upon exposure to bacterial products, such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS). To study the role of neutrophils in LPS-induced endotoxemia, we developed a new mouse model, <i>PMN<sup>DTR</sup></i> mice, in which injection of diphtheria toxin induces selective neutrophil ablation. Using this model, we found, surprisingly, that neutrophils serve to protect the host from LPS-induced lethal inflammation. Thi ...[more]