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Reduced diabetes in btk-deficient nonobese diabetic mice and restoration of diabetes with provision of an anti-insulin IgH chain transgene.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Nov 2009
Kendall Peggy L, Moore Daniel J, Hulbert Chrys, Hoek Kristen L, Khan Wasif N, Thomas James W
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Type 1 diabetes results from T cell-mediated destruction of insulin-producing beta cells. Although elimination of B lymphocytes has proven successful at preventing disease, modulation of B cell function as a means to prevent type 1 diabetes has not been investigated. The development, fate, and function of B lymphocytes depend upon BCR signaling, which is mediated in part by Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK). When...
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