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The Idd2 Locus Confers Prominent Resistance to Autoimmune Diabetes.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Feb 2022
Lombard-Vadnais Félix, Collin Roxanne, Daudelin Jean-François, Chabot-Roy Geneviève, Labrecque Nathalie, Lesage Sylvie
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Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease characterized by pancreatic β cell destruction. It is a complex genetic trait driven by >30 genetic loci with parallels between humans and mice. The NOD mouse spontaneously develops autoimmune diabetes and is widely used to identify insulin-dependent diabetes (Idd) genetic loci linked to diabetes susceptibility. Although many Idd loci have been extensively studied, the...
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