| Literature DB >> 4056046 |
E S Handler, J P Mordes, J Seals, S Koevary, A A Like, K Nakano, A A Rossini.
Abstract
Injections of media conditioned by concanavalin A-activated spleen cells from acutely diabetic rats accelerated the appearance of diabetes in young Bio-Breeding/Worcester (BB/W) rats. Activity was also found in media conditioned by spleen cells from nondiabetic, W-line Wistar Furth and Buffalo rats. Unconditioned media containing mitogen had no activity. Conditioned media also induced diabetes in resistant W-line BB/W rats but not in Wistar Furth rats. A soluble factor may activate a BB lymphocyte population that promotes diabetes.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 4056046 PMCID: PMC424167 DOI: 10.1172/JCI112156
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Invest ISSN: 0021-9738 Impact factor: 14.808