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SUBMITTER: Siggs OM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2840324 | biostudies-other | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100128 7
Null alleles of the gene encoding NEMO (NF-kappaB essential modulator) are lethal in hemizygous mice and men, whereas hypomorphic alleles typically cause a syndrome of immune deficiency and ectodermal dysplasia. Here we describe an allele of Ikbkg in mice that impaired Toll-like receptor signaling, lymph node formation, development of memory and regulatory T cells, and Ig production, but did not cause ectodermal dysplasia. Degradation of IkappaB alpha, which is considered a primary requirement f ...[more]