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Driven to autoimmunity: the nod mouse.
Cell - 16 Apr 2004
Gallegos Alena M, Bevan Michael J
Abstract excerpt
In the lymphoid system, T cells respond to space or under-crowding by dividing to maintain their numbers. In this issue of Cell, evidence is provided that this homeostatic proliferation, coupled with excess production of a cytokine, IL-21, is a key factor in susceptibility to autoimmune diabetes.
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