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Driven to autoimmunity: the nod mouse
- Source :
- Cell. 117(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- In the lymphoid system, T cells respond to space or under-crowding by dividing to maintain their numbers. In this issue of Cell, evidence is provided that this homeostatic proliferation, coupled with excess production of a cytokine, IL-21, is a key factor in susceptibility to autoimmune diabetes.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00928674
- Volume :
- 117
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cell
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........28a62084719cd854b66c7b6b172200d1