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The iddm4 locus segregates with diabetes susceptibility in congenic WF.iddm4 rats.
Diabetes - 1 Nov 2002
Mordes John P, Leif Jean, Novak Stephen, DeScipio Cheryl, Greiner Dale L, Blankenhorn Elizabeth P
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Viral antibody-free BBDR and WF rats never develop spontaneous diabetes. BBDR rats, however, develop autoimmune diabetes after perturbation of the immune system, e.g., by viral infection. We previously identified a disease-susceptibility locus in the BBDR rat, iddm4, which is associated with the development of autoimmune diabetes after treatment with polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid and an antibody that depletes...
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