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Severe liver disease resembling PSC in mice with K5-Cre mediated deletion of Krüppel-like factor 5 (Klf5)
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Bergstrom, A (author)
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- Gerling, M (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Van Hul, N (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Moro, CF (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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Rozell, B (author)
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- Toftgard, R (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Sur, I (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- 2021-06-11
- 2021
- English.
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In: Transgenic research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1573-9368 .- 0962-8819. ; 30:5, s. 701-707
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- Chronic cholestatic liver diseases including primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) present a complex spectrum with regards to the cause, age of manifestation and histopathological features. Current treatment options are severely limited primarily due to a paucity of model systems mirroring the disease. Here, we describe the Keratin 5 (K5)-Cre; Klf5fl/fl mouse that spontaneously develops severe liver disease during the postnatal period with features resembling PSC including a prominent ductular reaction, fibrotic obliteration of the bile ducts and secondary degeneration/necrosis of liver parenchyma. Over time, there is an expansion of Sox9+ hepatocytes in the damaged livers suggestive of a hepatocyte-mediated regenerative response. We conclude that Klf5 is required for the normal function of the hepatobiliary system and that the K5-Cre; Klf5fl/fl mouse is an excellent model to probe the molecular events interlinking damage and regenerative response in the liver.
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