Insulin2 Gene (Ins2) Transcription by NOD Bone Marrow-derived Cells Does Not Influence Autoimmune Diabetes Development in NOD-Ins2 Knockout Mice

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 439-446

  Martin Pagola, A ^a   Pileggi, A ^a   Zahr, E ^a   Vendrame, F ^a   Damaris Molano, R ^a   Snowhite, I ^a   Ricordi, C ^a   Eisenbarth, G S ^a   Nakayama, M ^a   Pugliese, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; INSULIN; TISSUE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BONE MARROW; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INSULIN 2 GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INSULIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 70350482147     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2009.02316.x     Document Type: Article

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