Distinct local immunogenic stimuli dictate differential requirements for CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets in the pathogenesis of spontaneous autoimmune diabetes
Rajagopalan G, Mangalam A, Sen M, Kudva Y, David C. Distinct local immunogenic stimuli dictate differential requirements for CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets in the pathogenesis of spontaneous autoimmune diabetes. Autoimmunity 2007, 40: 489-496. PMID: 17966038, DOI: 10.1080/08916930701649836.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidence of diabetesPathogenesis of T1DRat insulin promoterTransgenic mouse modelMouse modelHLA-DQ8 transgenic miceMurine type 1 diabetesDouble transgenic mouse modelMHC class II associationsLocal inflammatory stimuliSpontaneous autoimmune diabetesT cell subsetsClass II associationsType 1 diabetesAutoimmune diabetesImmunogenic stimulusProinflammatory cytokinesCell subsetsCostimulatory moleculesTNF-alphaT cellsInflammatory stimuliDiabetesTransgenic miceCD4