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. 1985 Oct;76(4):1692–1694. doi: 10.1172/JCI112156

Diabetes in the Bio-Breeding/Worcester rat. Induction and acceleration by spleen cell-conditioned media.

E S Handler, J P Mordes, J Seals, S Koevary, A A Like, K Nakano, A A Rossini
PMCID: PMC424167  PMID: 4056046

Abstract

Injections of media conditioned by concanavalin A-activated spleen cells from acutely diabetic rats accelerated the appearance of diabetes in young Bio-Breeding/Worcester (BB/W) rats. Activity was also found in media conditioned by spleen cells from nondiabetic, W-line Wistar Furth and Buffalo rats. Unconditioned media containing mitogen had no activity. Conditioned media also induced diabetes in resistant W-line BB/W rats but not in Wistar Furth rats. A soluble factor may activate a BB lymphocyte population that promotes diabetes.

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