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Induction and acceleration of insulitis/diabetes in mice with a viral mimic (polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid) and an insulin self-peptide.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 16 Apr 2002
Moriyama Hiroaki, Wen Li, Abiru Norio, Liu Edwin, Yu Liping, Miao Dongmei, Gianani Roberto, Wong F Susan, Eisenbarth George S
Abstract excerpt
Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (PolyIC), a "mimic" of double-stranded viral RNA, can induce diabetes when administered to rats with RT1(u), and immunization of normal H-2(d) mice (e.g., BALB/c) with insulin B:9-23 peptide (but not H-2(b)) results in the rapid induction of insulin autoantibodies....
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