An IL-8 Transiently Transgenized Mouse Model for the In Vivo Long-term Monitoring of Inflammatory Responses

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10.3791/55499-v

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July 7th, 2017

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Gabriella Bergamini^1*, Fabio Stellari^2*, Angela Sandri^3*, Maria M. Lleo³, Gaetano Donofrio⁴, Francesca Ruscitti^5,2, Federico Boschi⁶, Andrea Sbarbati⁷, Gino Villetti², Paola Melotti⁸, Claudio Sorio¹

¹Department of Medicine, General Pathology Division, Cystic Fibrosis Translational Research Laboratory "D. Lissandrini", University of Verona, ²Corporate Preclinical R&D, Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., ³Department of Diagnostic and Public Health, Microbiology Division, University of Verona, ⁴Dipartimento di Scienze Medico-Veterinarie, University of Parma, ⁵Department of Biomedical Biotechnological and Translational Sciences, University of Parma, ⁶Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, ⁷Department of Neurological, Biomedical and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, ⁸Cystic Fibrosis Regional Center (CFC), AOUI Verona

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The method described here allows for the visualization of IL-8 promoter-dependent inflammation activation in the lungs of mice through non-invasive bioluminescence imaging (BLI). The same animal can be subjected to BLI multiple times for up to two months from the time of delivery of the luciferase reporter construct.

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