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NATURE REVIEWS ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages 308-314Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2014.236
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [R42 DK095639, R01 DK057846] Funding Source: Medline
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Studies over the past 35 years in the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse have shown that a number of agents can prevent or even reverse type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM); however, these successes have not been replicated in human clinical trials. Although some of these interventions have delayed disease onset or progression in subsets of participants, none have resulted in a complete cure. Even in the most robust responders, the treatments do not permanently preserve insulin secretion or stimulate the proliferation of beta cells, as has been observed in mice. The shortfalls of translating NOD mouse studies into the clinic questions the value of using this model in preclinical studies. In this Perspectives, we suggest how immunological and genetic differences between NOD mice and humans might contribute to the differential outcomes and suggest ways in which the mouse model might be modified or applied as a tool to develop treatments and improve understanding of clinical trial outcomes.
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