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A defect in bone marrow derived dendritic cell maturation in the nonobesediabetic mouse.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Mar 2001
Strid J, Lopes L, Marcinkiewicz J, Petrovska L, Nowak B, Chain B M, Lund T
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The pathogenesis of diabetes in the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse is characterized by a selective destruction of the insulin-producing beta-cells in the islets of Langerhans mediated by autoreactive T cells. The function of T cells is controlled by dendritic cells (DC), which are not only the most potent activators of naïve T cells, but also contribute significantly to the establishment of central and peripheral...
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