| Literature DB >> 21765170 |
Masayuki Ishizaki1, Ryuta Muromoto, Toshihiko Akimoto, Yuya Ohshiro, Miki Takahashi, Yuichi Sekine, Hiroaki Maeda, Kazuya Shimoda, Kenji Oritani, Tadashi Matsuda.
Abstract
Tyrosine kinase-2 (Tyk2) participates in the signaling pathways of multiple cytokines in innate and acquired immunity. In the present study, we investigated the in vivo involvement of Tyk2 in anti-type II collagen antibody-induced arthritis (CAIA) using Tyk2-deficient mice. Hind paws of wild-type mice showed massive swelling and erythema by arthritogenic antibody injection, whereas Tyk2-deficient mice did not show any signs of arthritis. Indeed, neither the infiltration of inflammatory cells nor the fibrillation of articular cartilages was observed in Tyk2-deficient mice. Tyk2 deficiency also reduced the production of T(h)1/T(h)17-related cytokines, the other proinflammatory cytokines and matrix metalloproteases, which are induced in the CAIA paw. Our results demonstrate a critical contribution of Tyk2 in the development of arthritis, and we propose that Tyk2 might be an important candidate for drug development.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 21765170 DOI： 10.1093/intimm/dxr057
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int Immunol ISSN： 0953-8178 Impact factor: 4.823