Article
Rel B is an early marker of autoimmune islet inflammation in the biobreeding (BB) rat.
Pancreas - 1 Jan 2000
Bieg S, Simonson W, Ellefsen K, Lernmark A
Abstract excerpt
Because the development of insulitis and diabetes is predictable in Lyp/Lyp congenic BB rats, we have characterized early islet inflammation in these rats to determine the cell subsets involved in the onset of autoimmune insulitis. Pancreas sections from prediabetic Lyp/Lyp, Lyp/+ and +/+ rats were analyzed by immunohistochemistry. We found W3/25+ cells in the exo- and endocrine tissue from all three genotypes,...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Animals
- Animals, Congenic
- Antigen Presentation
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Biomarkers
- Dendritic Cells
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genotype
- Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
- In Situ Hybridization
- Interleukin-12
- Islets of Langerhans
