What can the HLA transgenic mouse tell us about autoimmune diabetes?
Wong F, Wen L. What can the HLA transgenic mouse tell us about autoimmune diabetes? Diabetologia 2004, 47: 1476-1487. PMID: 15349728, DOI: 10.1007/s00125-004-1505-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHLA transgenic miceType 1 diabetes mellitusTransgenic miceDiabetes mellitusHLA class II allelesCD4 T lymphocytesAntigen-presenting moleculesClass II allelesPeptide-MHC complexesStudies of micePutative autoantigenParticular HLAT lymphocytesHLA moleculesPeptide antigensMHC complexesMiceDiseasePolygenic diseaseMellitusVivo roleInsultIntracellular processingImmunotherapyDiabetes