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Involvement of eotaxin, eosinophils, and pancreatic predisposition in development of type 1 diabetes mellitus in the BioBreeding rat.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Dec 2004
Hessner Martin J, Wang Xujing, Meyer Lisa, Geoffrey Rhonda, Jia Shuang, Fuller Jessica, Lernmark Ake, Ghosh Soumitra
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Allergy and autoimmunity are both examples of deregulated immunity characterized by inflammation and injury of targeted tissues that have until recently been considered disparate disease processes. However, recent findings have implicated mast cells, in coordination with granulocytes and other immune effector cells, in the pathology of these two disorders. The BioBreeding (BB) DRlyp/lyp rat develops an autoimmune...
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