title: Antigen presenting cells and the immunogenetics of autoimmune diabetes in NOD mice.
abstract: Genetically-controlled defects in the development and function of antigen presenting cells may explain why NOD mice exhibit an impaired ability to induce tolerance and/or activate immunoregulatory T cells. These defects provide understanding for why diabetogenesis in NOD mice is so sensitive to immunomodulatory changes mediated through the environment. Although the unique MHC haplotype of NOD mice is clearly a major contributor to diabetes susceptibility, evidence for a complex interaction between MHC loci and many other polygenetic factors is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Leiter
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Serreze
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000276:immunology; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D007125:Immunogenetics; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex; D051379:Mice; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD