homeostasis/metabolism
• ~80% of animals show elevated blood glucose levels by 6 weeks of age
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immune system
• frequency of Il4-positive cells in infiltrated islets increases as double transgenic mice become diabetic;frequency of Ifng-positive cells is higher than in double mutants expressing CD80 and Tnf
• frequency of Il4+, Th2 cells is dramatically reduced compared to single CD86 transgenic littermates
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• all double mutants become diabetic, compared to single transgenic Tnf animals
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