Suppression of Overt Diabetes in NOD Mice by Anti-thymocyte Serum or Anti-Thy 1, 2 Antibody
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- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science in Experimental Animals
- Vol. 35 (4) , 501-504
- https://doi.org/10.1538/expanim1978.35.4_501
Abstract
Effects of anti-thymocyte serum (ATS) and anti-Thy 1, 2 monoclonal antibody on the spontaneously occurring diabetes in NOD mice were examined. Spontaneous diabetes in female mice was markedly suppressed by intravenous injection of rabbit anti-mouse thymocyte serum diluted to 1:4 on three consecutive days during the time period from 70 to 100 days after birth; the cumulative incidence of overt diabetes up to 195 days of age was greatly reduced and the onset of diabetes was delayed. Similar effect was observed with anti-Thy 1, 2 antibody treatment. These findings suggest that T lymphocytes play a role in the production of spontaneous diabetes in this mouse strain.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: