Journal: Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research
Article Title: Epithelial PI3K-δ Promotes House Dust Mite-Induced Allergic Asthma in NLRP3 Inflammasome-Dependent and -Independent Manners
doi: 10.4168/aair.2020.12.2.338
Figure Lengend Snippet: PI3K, phosphoinositide 3-kinase; TLR, toll-like receptor; HDM, house dust mite; WT, wild type; KO, knock-out; NHBE, normal human bronchial epithelial; SAL + VEH, saline-instilled mice with administered with vehicle; HDM + VEH, HDM-instilled mice administered with vehicle; HDM + IC 0.1, HDM-instilled mice administered with 0.1 mg/kg of IC87114; HDM + IC 1.0, HDM-instilled mice administered with 1.0 mg/kg of IC87114; WT + HDM, WT mice instilled with HDM; PKO + HDM, PI3K-δ KO mice instilled with HDM; NF-κB, nuclear factor-κB; LPS, lipopolysaccharide; CON siRNA, control scrambled siRNA; R.D., relative density. * P < 0.05 vs. HDM + VEH, HDM + CON siRNA, LPS + VEH or WT + HDM; † P < 0.05 vs. SAL + VEH or Control.
Article Snippet: In addition, Cas9 RNA-guided endonuclease (RGEN) PI3K-δ KO mice (Macrogen, Inc., Seoul, Korea) were used, and they were interbred and maintained up to 8–10 weeks of age in pathogen-free condition at Macrogen, Inc.
Techniques: Knock-Out