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T cell reactivity to heat shock protein 60 in diabetes-susceptible and genetically protected nonobese diabetic mice is associated with a protective cytokine profile.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Nov 2000
van Halteren A G, Mosselman B, Roep B O, van Eden W, Cooke A, Kraal G, Wauben M H
Abstract excerpt
Spontaneous onset of pancreatic beta cell destruction in the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse is preceded by the induction of autoreactive T cells, which recognize a variety of autoantigens. The 60-kDa endogenous (murine) heat shock protein 60 (hsp60) has been proposed to be one of the key autoantigens. Here we demonstrate that subcutaneous immunization of normoglycemic NOD mice with highly homologous mycobacterial...
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