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2α-Methyl-19-nor-(20S)-1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) protects the insulin 2 knockout non-obese diabetic mouse from developing type 1 diabetes without hypercalcaemia.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Dec 2011
Kiekhaefer C M, Weber B, Huggins M, Gorichanaz C, Nehring J A, DeLuca H F
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease that destroys the insulin-producing beta-islet cells of the pancreas. Currently, there are no treatment modalities for prevention of T1D, and the mechanisms influencing disease inception and early progression are not well understood. We have used the insulin 2(-/-) non-obese diabetic (Ins2(-/-) NOD) model to study stages of T1D and to examine the protective effects...
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