β-Cell apoptosis in an accelerated model of autoimmune diabetes

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 495-501

  Augstein, Petra ^a   Stephens, Leigh A ^a   Allison, Janette ^a   Elefanty, Andrew G ^a   Ekberg, Merryn ^a   Kay, Thomas W H ^a   Harrison, Leonard C ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0031684177     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03401754     Document Type: Article

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