immune system
• homozygotes are resistant to diabetes and insulitis development on the NOD background; whereas 13 of 15 wild-type NOD mice develop insulitis, only 1 of 19 homozygotes develop diabetes
• homozygous islets transplanted under the kidney capsule of recent onset NOD wild-type mice reversed the hyperglycemia and maintained euglycemia for a week or longer
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
NOT | type 1 diabetes mellitus | DOID:9744 |
OMIM:222100 |
J:85309 |