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Type 1 diabetes-predisposing MHC alleles influence the selection of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) 65-specific T cells in a transgenic model.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jan 2001
Abraham R S, Wen L, Marietta E V, David C S
Abstract excerpt
The genetic factors that contribute to the etiology of type 1 diabetes are still largely uncharacterized. However, the genes of the MHC (HLA in humans) have been consistently associated with susceptibility to disease. We have used several transgenic mice generated in our laboratory, bearing susceptible or resistant HLA alleles, in the absence of endogenous MHC class II (Abetao), to study immune responses to the...
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