Mechanisms of accelerated immune-mediated diabetes resulting from islet β cell expression of a Fas ligand transgene

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2003

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Silva, Diego
Petrovsky, Nikolai
Socha, L
Slattery, Robyn
Gatenby, Paul
Charlton, Brett

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American Association of Immunologists

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Nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice transgenic for Fas ligand (FasL) on islet β cells (HIPFasL mice) exhibit an accelerated diabetes distinct from the normal autoimmune diabetes of NOD mice. This study was undertaken to define the mechanism underlying accelerat

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Keywords: Fas antigen; FAS ligand; animal cell; animal experiment; animal model; antigen expression; article; controlled study; diabetes mellitus; histopathology; immunopathogenesis; male; mouse; nonhuman; pancreas islet beta cell; priority journal; transgenic mous

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Journal of Immunology

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