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Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on September 25, 2003; DOI 10.1182/blood-2003-05-1557.

Submitted May 15, 2003
Accepted September 15, 2003
Overexpression of murine TSLP impairs lymphopoiesis and myelopoiesis
Mark J Osborn, Patricia L Ryan, Nicole Kirchhof, Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari, Frank Mortari, and Kim-Sue R S Tudor*
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Cancer Center Histopathology Core, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
R & D Systems Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA
* Corresponding author; email: tudor004{at}umn.edu.
The role of Thymic Stromal Cell-derived Lymphopoietin (TSLP) in regulating hematopoiesis is poorly characterized; therefore, we investigated its regulatory effects in vivo utilizing TSLP transgenic mice. Over-expression of TSLP disrupted hematopoietic homeostasis by causing imbalances in lymphopoiesis and myelopoiesis. Mice harboring a TSLP transgene had 5-700-fold fewer B and T precursors and no detectable pre-B lymphocyte colony forming activity in the marrow or spleen. Conversely, TSLP transgenic mice possessed 15-20 times more splenic myeloid precursors than their littermates, and CFU-GEMM progenitor activity was significantly elevated. The arrest in lymphopoiesis and the expansion of myeloid progenitor cells in TSLP-transgenic mice suggest that TSLP has negative and positive regulatory effects on lymphoid and myeloid development, respectively.

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