Article
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
Abstract excerpt
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...
Topics
- Amylases
- Animals
- Blood Glucose
- Digestive System
- Disease Progression
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lipase
- Mesentery
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Monocytes