Do diabetogenic T cells induce autoimmune diabetes in BALB/c mice?
A novel T1DM murine model is established in STZ-pretreated BALB/c mice by adoptive transfer of diabetogenic T cells. CD4+ T cells with interferon-gamma may promote the onset of diabetes mellitus.
All patients with stage T2-T4 squamous cancers of the oral tongue should have an elective dissection of the neck. Patients with T1N0 cancer who have a double DNA-aneuploid tumor, depth of muscle invasion>4 mm, or have a poorly differentiated cancer should definitely undergo elective neck dissection. Ultrasound and computed tomography are of little value in predicting which patients have positive nodes.