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The dual effects of B cell depletion on antigen-specific T cells in BDC2.5NOD mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 May 2012
Xiang Yufei, Peng Jian, Tai Ningwen, Hu Changyun, Zhou Zhiguang, Wong F Susan, Wen Li
Abstract excerpt
B cells play a critical role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diabetes. To investigate the mechanisms by which B cell depletion therapy attenuates islet β cell loss and particularly to examine the effect of B cells on both diabetogenic and regulatory Ag-specific T cells, we generated a transgenic BDC2.5NOD mouse expressing human CD20 on B cells. This allowed us to deplete B cells for defined time periods and...
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