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Expression of a specific subset of CD44 variant transcripts in NOD pancreatic islets.
Diabetes - 1 Jun 1996
Milde K F, Alonso M, Kong S S, Alejandro R, Mintz D H, Pastori R L
Abstract excerpt
Adhesion of lymphocytes to the endothelial venules inside the islets of Langerhans seems to initiate the infiltration of islets in NOD mice. An overexpression of the lymphocyte surface molecule CD44 in infiltrated NOD islets compared with peripheral blood lymphocytes was recently reported. The CD44 protein family includes a variety of molecules generated by alternative RNA splicing from 10 variant exons (v1-v10)....
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