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TNF receptor 1-dependent beta cell toxicity as an effector pathway in autoimmune diabetes.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Apr 1999
Kägi D, Ho A, Odermatt B, Zakarian A, Ohashi P S, Mak T W
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune diabetes is characterized by a chronic progressive inflammatory autoimmune reaction that ultimately causes the selective elimination of pancreatic beta cells. To address the question of whether the cell death-inducing cytokines TNF and lymphotoxin alpha are involved in this process, we generated nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice that are deficient for TNF receptor 1 (TNFR1 or TNFRp55). Insulitis developed...
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