GENETIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCELERATION OF DIABETES IN NONOBESE DIABETIC MICE EXPRESSING INTERLEUKIN-2 IN ISLET BETA-CELLS
GENETIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCELERATION OF DIABETES IN NONOBESE DIABETIC MICE EXPRESSING INTERLEUKIN-2 IN ISLET BETA-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1002/eji.1830241041
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发表时间:
1994-10-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
MILLER, JFAP
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作者:
ALLISON, J;MCCLIVE, P;MILLER, JFAP
Diabetes was dramatically accelerated in non-obese diabetic (NOD) transgenic mice that expressed interleukin-2 (IL-2) in their beta cells. A single cross to C57BL/6 completely prevented this effect and a further backcross to the NOD genetic background showed that at least two diabetes susceptibility loci (Idd1s and Idd3/10s) were required for the diabetes acceleration. T cells activated to islet antigens were not circulating in the mice. The accelerating effect of IL-2 was present, but decreased, in NOD mice that lacked CD8(+) T cells as well as in NOD SCID mice. The implications are that in the NOD genetic background, the production of cytokines, such as IL-2, by islet-specific CD4(+) T cells can lead to beta cell damage and diabetes and that CD8(+) T cells may have a role in accelerating diabetes onset.