Table 2.

Life Span of Tumor Mice after Virus Infection

Lineage		No. of mice		Life span*		P
RIP-Tag2		7		88 ± 8
						<0.001
RIP(GP × Tag2)		9		137 ± 18
						<0.005
RIP(GP × Tag2) + AT		4		168 ± 11
TCR RIP-Tag2		4		90 ± 17
						<0.0001
TCR RIP(GP × Tag2)		4		183 ± 5

Mice were i.v. infected with LCMV the day after two consecutive blood glucose readings <5 mM which was at an age of 70–85 d. At necropsy, all mice had β-cell tumors.  

^* Life span in days, mean ± SD. + AT (adoptive transfer): once hypoglycemia recurred in LCMV-infected, tumor-bearing mice, mice were adoptively transferred by i.v. injection of 5 × 10⁷ spleen cells taken from C57BL/6 mice 8 d after i.v. LCMV infection.