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B A Woda, A A Like, C Padden, M L McFadden.
Abstract
The BB/W rat is currently the best model of type I (insulin dependent diabetes). Even though this rat develops an autoimmune disease, they are immune deficient. In this study we have demonstrated the almost complete absence of the OX 8+, OX 19+ T cytotoxic/suppressor population in diabetes prone and acute diabetic rats. This population is present in the diabetes resistant W line. The diabetes prone and acute diabetic rats have a relative increase in OX 8+, OX 19- natural killer (NK) cells. Our data suggests that virtually all OX 8+ cells in diabetes prone and acute diabetic animals are phenotypic NK cells.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 2934480
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Immunol ISSN: 0022-1767 Impact factor: 5.422