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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 101, Issue 21, Pages 8102-8107Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0402065101
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type 1 diabetes; mouse model; microarray
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- NIAID NIH HHS [P01 AI39671-08, P01 AI039671, P01 AI054904, P01 AI54904-01] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [P30 DK036836, 2 P30 DK36836-17] Funding Source: Medline
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In both human patients and murine models, the progression from insulitis to diabetes is neither immediate nor inevitable, as illustrated by the innocuous versus destructive infiltrates of BDC2.5 transgenic mice on the nonobese diabetic (NOD) versus C57BL/6.H-2(g7) genetic backgrounds. Natural killer (NK)-cell-specific transcripts and the proportion of NK cells were increased in leukocytes from the aggressive BDC2.5/B6.H-2(g7) lesions. NK cell participation was also enhanced in the aggressive lesions provoked by CTLA-4 blockade in BDC2.5/NOD mice. In this context, depletion of NK cells significantly inhibited diabetes development. NOD and B6.H-2(g7) mice exhibit extensive variation in NK receptor expression, reminiscent of analogous human molecules. NK cells can be important players in type 1 diabetes, a role that was previously underappreciated.
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