title: Genetic and pathogenic basis of autoimmune diabetes in NOD mice.
abstract: Non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice are an excellent model of T-cell mediated autoimmune insulin-dependent diabetes in humans. Recent studies in NOD mice have shown that this disease is a result of epistatic interactions between multiple genes, both inside and outside the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), generating T cells reactive against an expanding repertoire of autoantigens.
authors.affiliation: Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor.
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Serreze
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Leiter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology; D015551:Autoimmunity / Q000276:immunology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000276:immunology; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens