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Nonobese diabetic mice and the genetics of diabetes susceptibility.
Current diabetes reports - 1 Apr 2005
Leiter Edward H
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The nonobese diabetic mouse spontaneously develops an autoimmune, T-cell-mediated type 1 diabetes (T1D). Common and rare alleles both within a diabetogenic major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and multiple non-MHC genes combine to impair normal communication between the innate and acquired immune system, leading to loss of immune tolerance. An understanding of how variable collections of genes interact with...
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