immune system
• mice show faster progression of islet inflammation with IDDM that that observed in NOD controls
• at 3 weeks, transgenic mice have lower insulitis scores than controls, but at 6 weeks, insulitis is much more severe
• lesions contain more CD4+ and fewer CD8- T cells
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• transgenic mice develop insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) earlier than NOD controls
• transgenic males show an increased incidence of IDDM versus NOD male controls
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• mice show faster progression of islet inflammation with IDDM that that observed in NOD controls
• at 3 weeks, transgenic mice have lower insulitis scores than controls, but at 6 weeks, insulitis is much more severe
• lesions contain more CD4+ and fewer CD8- T cells
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