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A novel susceptibility locus on rat chromosome 8 affects spontaneous but not experimentally induced type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 Jun 2007
Wallis Robert H, Wang KeSheng, Dabrowski Dominika, Marandi Leili, Ning Terri, Hsieh Eugene, Paterson Andrew D, Mordes John P, Blankenhorn Elisabeth P, Poussier Philippe
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The biobreeding diabetes-prone (BBDP) rat spontaneously develops type 1 diabetes. Two of the genetic factors contributing to this syndrome are the major histocompatibility complex (Iddm1) and a Gimap5 mutation (Iddm2) responsible for a T-lymphopenia. Susceptibility to experimentally induced type 1 diabetes is widespread among nonlymphopenic (wild-type Iddm2) rat strains provided they share the BBDP...
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