CSF2 and autoimmune disease: Conversely, administration of GM-CSF inhibits autoimmune disease in mouse models of type I diabetes (Enzler et al., 2003, 2007; Gaudreau et al., 2007, 2010; Meriggioli et al., 2008; Cheatem et al., 2009), myasthenia gravis (Sheng et al., 2006, 2008; Meriggioli et al., 2008), and thyroiditis (Vasu et al., 2003; Gangi et al., 2005; Ganesh et al., 2009, 2011; Bhattacharya et al., 2011).