An object of the present invention is to provide a nonhuman model animal
of Th2-mediated hyperimmune response lacking PIR-B gene function on its
chromosome by which the Th2-mediated immune response mechanism and
allergy onset mechanism in vivo can be analyzed and which is liable to
suffer from not only hyper-response of B cells but also allergy, and an
inducer/promoter or an inhibitor for Th2-mediated immune response, etc.
with the use of the nonhuman model animal of Th2-mediated hyperimmune
response. The nonhuman model animal of Th2-mediated hyperimmune response
is prepared by integrating a fragment comprising exons 1 to 7 and the
domain in the 5' side of exon 8 of mouse PIR-B gene and another fragment
containing exons 10 to 14 into a vector pMC1-Neo, cleaving it with Xho
I-Sal I, integrating it into a vector pIC19R-MC1tk having herpes virus
thymidine kinase to thereby construct targeting vector, transferring the
targeting vector into ES cells and then injecting the ES cells into
blastcyst.