TGF-beta 1

 Multifocal inflammatory disease followed by a wasting syndrome
 Multifocal infiltration of lymphocytes and macrophages into diverse organs. Increased adhesion of mononuclear leukocytes (MLN) to extracellular matrix and to endothelial cells in vitro. Blockage of MLN infiltration by synthetic fibronectin peptides
 Decreased thymus size
 Enlargement of lymph nodes
 Elevated constitutive levels of IL-2 mRNA in the thymus
 Elevated IL-2r mRNA in lymph nodes
 Cachexia
 Death roughly 20 days after birth

Shull et al., 1992
Christ et al., 1994
Hines et al., 1994

 TGF Beta 1 exhibits maternal rescue
 TGF Beta 1 null embryos and null newborn pups born to TGF-Beta 1 heterozygotes stained positive for TGF Beta 1
 Severe cardiac abnormalities in null newborn mice born to null females

Letterio, 1994
Maternal rescue of transforming growth factor-beta 1 null mice.
Science 264, 1936-8 (1994) [94278499]
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METHODOLOGY ( FROM T-BASE)

((tgf-beta))

Line Name DNA Construct
1. TGF-beta 1/neo D3 ES cells (line 14-4) were electroporated with a 4.0 kb SmaI genomic (targeting) fragment containing exon 6 and a portion of exon 7 of the TGF-beta 1 gene.....
2. TGF-beta1 (+/-) A 5.7-kb fragment containing the first two exons of TGF-beta1 from clone pB2 was subcloned into the modified Bluescript vector (Stratagene) in which the Asp 718 site was....
3. TGF-beta1 (+/-) (la A 5.7-kb fragment containing the first two exons of TGF-beta1 from clone pB2 was subcloned into the modified Bluescript vector (Stratagene) in which the Asp 718 site was....
4. TGF-beta1 (-/-) (la A 5.7-kb fragment containing the first two exons of TGF-beta1 from clone pB2 was subcloned into the modified Bluescript vector (Stratagene) in which the Asp 718 site was....
5. TGF-beta1 (-/-) A 5.7-kb fragment containing the first two exons of TGF-beta1 from clone pB2 was subcloned into the modified Bluescript vector (Stratagene) in which the Asp 718 site was....


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