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Excessive production of nitric oxide by macrophages from DP-BB rats is secondary to the T-lymphopenic state of these animals.
Diabetes - 1 Feb 1998
Lau A, Ramanathan S, Poussier P
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Activated macrophages are the first mononuclear cells to migrate to the pancreas of DP-BB rats at the initiation of insulitis. These cells produce an excess of NO, which has been implicated as a mediator of both beta-cell damage and inhibition of T-cell proliferation in this rat strain. Genetic studies have shown that the impaired proliferative response of T-cells segregates with one of the...
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