Table 3.
The ALR genome provides dominant protection from the adoptive transfer of diabetes by NOD.AI4 bone marrow
Marrow donor | Recipient (1,200 rad treated) | IDDM 20 weeks reconstitution, % | Insulitis index (1 = max) | Splenocytes, %
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CD8+ | CD4+ | TgCD8+ | TgCD4+ | ||||
NOD.AI4 | NOD | 100 | 1.00 | 15.4 ± 1* | 26.1 ± 3* | 70 ± 5* | 87 ± 6* |
NOD.AI4 | ALR | 0 | 0.10 | 7.2 ± 1† | 17.2 ± 1† | 99 ± 1† | 62 ± 6† |
NOD.AI4 | (ALR × NOD)F1 | 0 | 0.15 | 8.6 ± 1† | 19.0 ± 1† | 92 ± 3† | 28 ± 1‡ |
NOD.AI4 | (NOD × ALR)F1 | 0 | 0.20 | 7.4 ± 2† | 19.0 ± 2† | 72 ± 1* | 21 ± 1§ |
Data shown are mean ± SD. n = 5 for all experiments. Means with different symbols (*, †, ‡) within a column are significantly different at P < 0.05. Means with the same symbol are not significantly different.