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T cell-mediated exocrine pancreatic damage in major histocompatibility complex class II-deficient mice.
Gastroenterology - 1 Oct 1998
Vallance B A, Hewlett B R, Snider D P, Collins S M
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Recent observations suggest a role for lymphocytes in human pancreatitis. However, existing animal models of pancreatitis are not immunologically based. In studies on major histocompatibility complex (MHC) II-deficient mice backcrossed five generations onto a C57BL/6 background, we discovered a progressive wasting disease due to pancreatic damage. The purpose of this study was to characterize...
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