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SUBMITTER: Li Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1194954 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Qiutang Q Lu Qingxian Q Bottero Virginie V Estepa Gabriela G Morrison Lisa L Mercurio Frank F Verma Inder M IM
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20050822 35
IkappaB kinase (IKK) complex plays a key regulatory role in macrophages for NF-kappaB activation during both innate and adaptive immune responses. Because IKK1-/- mice died at birth, we differentiated functional macrophages from embryonic day 15.5 IKK1 mutant embryonic liver. The embryonic liver-derived macrophage (ELDM) showed enhanced phagocytotic clearance of bacteria, more efficient antigen-presenting capacity, elevated secretion of several key proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines, and k ...[more]