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Reduced numbers of dendritic cells with a tolerogenic phenotype in the prediabetic pancreas of NOD mice.
Journal of leukocyte biology - 1 Dec 2012
Welzen-Coppens Jojanneke M C, van Helden-Meeuwsen Cornelia G, Leenen Pieter J M, Drexhage Hemmo A, Versnel Marjan A
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The NOD mouse is a widely used animal model of autoimmune diabetes. Prior to the onset of lymphocytic insulitis, DCs accumulate at the islet edges. Our recent work indicated that these DCs may derive from aberrantly proliferating local precursor cells. As CD8α(+) DCs play a role in tolerance induction in steady-state conditions, we hypothesized that the autoimmune phenotype might associate with deficiencies in...
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