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Complete Freund's adjuvant-induced T cells prevent the development and adoptive transfer of diabetes in nonobese diabetic mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Mar 1993
Qin H Y, Sadelain M W, Hitchon C, Lauzon J, Singh B
Abstract excerpt
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is an autoimmune disease that is characterized by the destruction of insulin-producing beta cells in the islet of Langerhans. We have recently reported that the induction of the disease in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice can be prevented by a single injection of CFA. In this study, we have explored the cellular basis and the time course of the disease protection. Since CFA...
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