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Adenosine deaminase-deficient mice generated using a two-stage genetic engineering strategy exhibit a combined immunodeficiency.

Authors: Blackburn, MR  Datta, SK  Kellems, RE 
Citation: Blackburn MR, etal., J Biol Chem 1998 Feb 27;273(9):5093-100.
RGD ID: 1300251
Pubmed: PMID:9478961   (View Abstract at PubMed)

Adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency in humans leads to a combined immunodeficiency. The mechanisms involved in the lymphoid specificity of the disease are not fully understood due to the inaccessibility of human tissues for detailed analysis and the absence of an adequate animal model for the disease. We report the use of a two-stage genetic engineering strategy to generate ADA-deficient mice that retain many features associated with ADA deficiency in humans, including a combined immunodeficiency. Severe T and B cell lymphopenia was accompanied by a pronounced accumulation of 2'-deoxyadenosine and dATP in the thymus and spleen, and a marked inhibition of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase in these organs. Accumulation of adenosine was widespread among all tissues examined. ADA-deficient mice also exhibited severe pulmonary insufficiency, bone abnormalities, and kidney pathogenesis. These mice have provided in vivo information into the metabolic basis for the immune phenotype associated with ADA deficiency.

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Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Ada  (adenosine deaminase)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Ada  (adenosine deaminase)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
ADA  (adenosine deaminase)


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