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To determine whether the neurological staggerer (sg/sg) mutation also causes developmental and regulatory abnormalities in the immune system.

June 1, 1986Journal of NeuroscienceOpen Access

Defective development of the thymus and immunological abnormalities in the neurological mouse mutation "staggerer"

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To determine whether the neurological staggerer (sg/sg) mutation also causes developmental and regulatory abnormalities in the immune system.
Examined gross morphology and developmental progression of the thymus, spleen, and lymph nodes in staggerer (sg/sg) mutant mice.
Assessed in vivo helper T-cell generation and in vitro antibody-producing B-cell responses following sheep red blood cell immunization.
Profiled the expression of immature cell-surface carbohydrate patterns across cerebellar, thymic, and other tissue cells.
Mutant sg/sg mice exhibited delayed thymus maturation, enlarged lymph nodes, undersized spleens, and prolonged retention of immature embryonal cell-surface carbohydrates on thymocytes and cerebellar cells.
Immunized mice produced normal proportions of helper T-cells and antibody-forming B-cells but displayed defective suppressor cell generation and delayed termination of the immune response.

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ETEkkhart TrenknerColumbia University HMHoffmann MkNew York Medical College

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Experimental study demonstrates thymus developmental delays and impaired immune suppression in staggerer mutant mice, suggesting shared regulatory defects across neural and lymphoid tissues.

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Trenkner et al. (1986) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a950d2cc05e7b5813b2d23a https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.06-06-01733.1986

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Experimental study demonstrates thymus developmental delays and impaired immune suppression in staggerer mutant mice, suggesting shared regulatory defects across neural and lymphoid tissues.

Defective development of the thymus and immunological abnormalities in the neurological mouse mutation "staggerer"

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Defective development of the thymus and immunological abnormalities in the neurological mouse mutation "staggerer"

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