2007
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
2003
Accelerated Diabetes in Rat Insulin Promoter-Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Transgenic Nonobese Diabetic Mice Lacking Major Histocompatibility Class II Molecules
Rajagopalan G, Kudva YC, Flavell RA, David CS. Accelerated Diabetes in Rat Insulin Promoter-Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Transgenic Nonobese Diabetic Mice Lacking Major Histocompatibility Class II Molecules. Diabetes 2003, 52: 342-347. PMID: 12540606, DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.52.2.342.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClass II moleculesNecrosis factorT cellsHLA class II associationsHuman type 1 diabetesMajor histocompatibility class II moleculesFunctional class II moleculesClass II associationsType 1 diabetesRat insulin promoterTumor necrosis factorLocal proinflammatory environmentIslets of LangerhansAccelerated diabetesNOD miceHLA-DQ8Proinflammatory environmentC57BL/6 miceTNF-alphaDiabetesDisease pathogenesisSignificant protectionMajor histocompatibility complex locusNeonatal expressionMice