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SUBMITTER: Tsai F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5716039 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tsai FuNien F Homan Philip J PJ Agrawal Hemant H Misharin Alexander V AV Abdala-Valencia Hiam H Haines G Kenneth GK Dominguez Salina S Bloomfield Christina L CL Saber Rana R Chang Anthony A Mohan Chandra C Hutcheson Jack J Davidson Anne A Budinger G R Scott GRS Bouillet Philippe P Dorfleutner Andrea A Stehlik Christian C Winter Deborah R DR Cuda Carla M CM Perlman Harris H
The Journal of experimental medicine 20171107 12
The Bcl-2 family is considered the guardian of the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway. We demonstrate that Bim acts as a molecular rheostat by controlling macrophage function not only in lymphoid organs but also in end organs, thereby preventing the break in tolerance. Mice lacking Bim in myeloid cells (LysM<sup>Cre</sup>Bim<sup>fl/fl</sup>) develop a systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-like disease that mirrors aged Bim<sup>-/-</sup> mice, including loss of marginal zone macrophages, splenomegaly, ...[more]