Article
Non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice are genetically susceptible to experimental autoimmune prostatitis (EAP).
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 Dec 1998
Rivero V E, Cailleau C, Depiante-Depaoli M, Riera C M, Carnaud C
Abstract excerpt
Rodents develop inflammatory, non-infectious, prostatitis upon autoimmuniz-ation with male accessory gland (MAG) extracts in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA). Although there appears to be differences among strains, with respect to susceptibility to induction, specific details are not known about...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Disease Models, Animal
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genitalia, Male
- Immunity, Cellular
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred NOD
- Prostatitis
- Tissue Extracts