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Genetic reconstitution of autoimmune type 1 diabetes with two major susceptibility genes in the rat.
Diabetes - 1 Feb 2007
Yokoi Norihide, Hayashi Chihiro, Fujiwara Yuuka, Wang He-Yao, Seino Susumu
Abstract excerpt
The Komeda diabetes-prone (KDP) rat is an animal model of human autoimmune type 1 diabetes. We have previously shown that two major susceptibility genes, the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) RT1(u) haplotype and Cblb (Casitas B-lineage lymphoma b) mutation, are responsible for the development of diabetes in KDP rats, suggesting a two-gene model for development of the disease. To confirm the two-gene model,...
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