Article
Studies of concanavalin A in nonobese diabetic mice. I. Prevention of insulin-dependent diabetes.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics - 1 Aug 1991
Pearce R B, Peterson C M
Abstract excerpt
Concanavalin A (Con A) administered in vivo inhibited the development of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in nonobese diabetic mice. By experimental day 310 only one of 10 Con A-treated animals had developed IDDM compared to six of 11 cohort controls receiving buffered saline and 65% of...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte
- Blood Glucose
- CD4 Antigens
- CD8 Antigens
- Concanavalin A
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Female
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphocytes
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Pancreas
- Phenotype
