Isabel Egaña, Hiroshi Kaito, Anja Nitzsche, Lore Becker, Carolina Ballester-Lopez, Colin Niaudet, Milena Petkova, Wei Liu, Michael Vanlandewijck, Alexandra Vernaleken, Thomas Klopstock, Helmut Fuchs, Valerie Gailus-Durner, Martin Hrabe de Angelis, Helge Rask-Andersen, Henrik J Johansson, Janne Lehtiö, Liqun He, Ali Ö Yildirim, Mats Hellström
Paladin (Pald1, mKIAA1274 or x99384) was identified in screens for vascular-specific genes and is a putative phosphatase. Paladin has also been proposed to be involved in various biological processes such as insulin signaling, innate immunity and neural crest migration. To determine the role of paladin we have now characterized the Pald1 knock-out mouse in a broad array of behavioral, physiological and biochemical tests. Here, we show that female, but not male, Pald1 heterozygous and homozygous knock-out mice display an emphysema-like histology with increased alveolar air spaces and impaired lung function with an obstructive phenotype...
November 13, 2017: Scientific Reports