Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 22, 2026

High-Efficiency Generation of Antigen-Specific Primary Mouse Cytotoxic T Cells for Functional Testing in an Autoimmune Diabetes Model
Published on: August 16, 2019
Short-circuiting autoimmune disease by target-tissue-derived nitric oxide
Yvonne R Garcia1, Keith A Krolick
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78231, USA.
Abstract:
A previous report from this laboratory suggested that expression of skeletal-muscle-derived, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), is associated with resistance to the autoimmune model of myasthenia gravis (MG) demonstrated by Wistar Furth rats following the passive transfer of antibody reactive with the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR). The study reported below demonstrates an association between increased expression of iNOS/NO in Wistar Furth rats and the induction of programmed cell death (apoptosis) in both macrophages and CD4+ T cells that attempt to traffic through targeted muscles. It is concluded that production of muscle-derived NO is protective in experimental MG, and in part, dictates the severity of eventual immunopathology.
Related Concept Videos
Nitric Oxide Signaling Pathway
Paracrine Signaling
Inflammatory Bowel Disease III: Crohn's Disease
