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Autoantigen-induced focusing of Vβ13+ T cells precedes onset of autoimmune diabetes in the LEW.1WR1 rat.
Diabetes - 1 Feb 2014
Eberwine Ryan A, Cort Laura, Habib Michael, Mordes John P, Blankenhorn Elizabeth P
Abstract excerpt
The earliest events leading to autoimmune type 1 diabetes (T1D) are not known in any species. A T-cell receptor (TCR)-variable region, TCR-Vβ13, is required for susceptibility to autoimmune diabetes in rats, and selective depletion of Vβ13(+) T cells with an allele-specific monoclonal antibody pr...
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