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Genetic deficiency of Itgb2 or ItgaL prevents autoimmune diabetes through distinctly different mechanisms in NOD/LtJ mice.
Diabetes - 1 Jun 2009
Glawe John D, Patrick D Ross, Huang Meng, Sharp Christopher D, Barlow Shayne C, Kevil Christopher G
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OBJECTIVE: Insulitis is an important pathological feature of autoimmune diabetes; however, mechanisms governing the recruitment of diabetogenic T-cells into pancreatic islets are poorly understood. Here, we determined the importance of leukocyte integrins beta(2)(Itgb2) and alphaL (ItgaL) in developing insulitis and frank diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Gene-targeted mutations of either Itgb2 or ItgaL were...
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