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Establishment of NOD-Pdcd1-/- mice as an efficient animal model of type I diabetes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 16 Aug 2005
Wang Jian, Yoshida Taku, Nakaki Fumio, Hiai Hiroshi, Okazaki Taku, Honjo Tasuku
Abstract excerpt
Mice deficient in programmed cell death 1 (PD-1, Pdcd1), an immunoinhibitory receptor belonging to the CD28/cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 family, spontaneously develop lupus-like autoimmune disease and autoimmune dilated cardiomyopathy on C57BL/6 and BALB/c backgrounds, respectively. However, how PD-1 deficiency induces different forms of autoimmune diseases on these two strains was unknown. Here,...
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