Article
A single dose of the MHC-linked susceptibility determinant associated with the RT1u haplotype is permissive for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in the BB rat.
Experimental and clinical immunogenetics - 1 Jan 1990
Fuks A, Ono S J, Colle E, Guttmann R D
Abstract excerpt
Syndromes of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) have been described in the mouse, in the rat and in man. In all three species, the presence of one or more specific alleles of the major histocompatibility complex is a prerequisite for the appearance of the disease. In the BB rat, diabetes...
Topics
- Animals
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Disease Models, Animal
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Heterozygote
- Histocompatibility Antigens
- Homozygote
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred BB
