The lymphopenia (lyp) gene controls the intrathymic cytokine ratio in congenic biobreeding rats

Diabetologia

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 786-792

  Bieg, S ^a   Moller C ^b   Olsson, T ^b   Lernmark, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BioBreeding rat; Cytokines; Diabetes mellitus; Lymphopenia; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHROMOSOME 4; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENOTYPE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INBRED STRAIN; INBREEDING; INSULITIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; LYMPHOPENIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RATS, INBRED BB; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030871949     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050750     Document Type: Article

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