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Perforin-independent beta-cell destruction by diabetogenic CD8(+) T lymphocytes in transgenic nonobese diabetic mice.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Apr 1999
Amrani A, Verdaguer J, Anderson B, Utsugi T, Bou S, Santamaria P
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune diabetes in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice results from destruction of pancreatic beta cells by T lymphocytes. It is believed that CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) effect the initial beta-cell insult in diabetes, but the mechanisms remain unclear. Studies of NOD.lpr mice have suggested that disease initiation is a Fas-dependent process, yet perforin-deficient NOD mice rarely develop diabetes despite...
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