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Publication : Estrogen receptor alpha is necessary in thymic development and estradiol-induced thymic alterations.

First Author  Staples JE Year  1999
Journal  J Immunol Volume  163
Issue  8 Pages  4168-74
PubMed ID  10510352 Mgi Jnum  J:111590
Mgi Id  MGI:3654556 Doi  10.4049/jimmunol.163.8.4168
Citation  Staples JE, et al. (1999) Estrogen receptor alpha is necessary in thymic development and estradiol-induced thymic alterations. J Immunol 163(8):4168-74
abstractText  Estrogens affect the development, maturation, and function of multiple organ systems, including the immune system. One of the main targets of estrogens in the immune system is the thymus, which undergoes atrophy and phenotypic alterations when exposed to elevated levels of estrogen. To determine how estrogens influence the thymus and affect T cell development, estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) knockout (ERKO) mice were examined. ERKO mice have significantly smaller thymi than their wild-type (WT) littermates. Construction of ER radiation bone marrow chimeras indicated that the smaller thymi were due to a lack of ERalpha in radiation-resistant tissues rather than hemopoietic elements. ERKO mice were also susceptible to estradiol-induced thymic atrophy, but the extent of their atrophy was less than what was seen in WT mice. The estradiol-treated ERKO mice failed, however, to manifest alterations in their thymic CD4/CD8 phenotypes compared with WT mice. Therefore, ERalpha is essential in nonhemopoietic cells to obtain a full-sized thymus, and ERalpha also mediates some of the response of the thymus to elevated estrogen levels. Finally, these results suggest that in addition to ERalpha, another receptor pathway is involved in estradiol-induced thymic atrophy.
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