Publication Date:
1978-08-11
Description:
Reovirus type 3, passaged in pancreatic beta-cell cultures, produced an insulitis when inoculated into 1- to 2-week-old mice. By means of a double-label antibody technique, in which we used fluorescein-labeled antibody to reovirus and rhodamine-labeled antibody to insulin, reovirus antigens were found in beta cells. By electron microscopy, viral particles in different stages of morphogenesis were observed in insulin-containing beta cells but not glucagon-containing alpha cells. The infection resulted in destruction of beta cells, reduction in the insulin content of the pancreas, and alteration in the host's capacity to respond normally to a glucose tolerance test.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Onodera, T -- Jenson, A B -- Yoon, J W -- Notkins, A L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1978 Aug 11;201(4355):529-31.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/208156" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Antigens, Viral/analysis
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Cells, Cultured
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Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/etiology/metabolism/*microbiology
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/microbiology
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Insulin/metabolism
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Islets of Langerhans/metabolism/*microbiology
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Mammalian orthoreovirus 3/immunology
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Mice
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Reoviridae Infections/*complications
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Virus Replication
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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