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T cell reconstitution of BB/W rats after the initiation of insulitis precipitates the onset of diabetes.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 May 1999
Ramanathan S, Poussier P
Abstract excerpt
One of the diabetes susceptibility genes of the BB/W (Biobreeding/Worcester) rat maps to the lyp locus on chromosome 4. The BB/W lyp allele is responsible for a severe peripheral T lymphopenia. Correction of this lymphopenia by transfer of normal, histocompatible T cells prevents diabetes, providing T cell reconstitution is initiated before insulitis. We have analyzed this time-dependent regulation of the...
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