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It is only in the last five years that significant interest has developed in detailing the autoimmune destruction of the salivary and lacrimal tissues in the non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse. Pioneering studies have demonstrated that the lymphocytic infiltration of the salivary and lacrimal glands correlates with a functional decline in saliva flow and tear production, respectively, that is not attributable to the loss of blood glucose regulation in NOD mice.1,2 Together, these studies indicate that the NOD mouse represents the first-described animal model for the spontaneous, autoimmune-induced loss of both tear production and saliva flow, and is, therefore, emerging as an excellent animal model for the study of human Sjögren’s syndrome.
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Robinson, C.P., Cornelius, J., Bounous, D.I., Yamamoto, H., Humphreys-Beher, M.G., Peck, A.B. (1998). Infiltrating Lymphocyte Populations and Cytokine Production in the Salivary and Lacrimal Glands of Autoimmune NOD Mice. In: Sullivan, D.A., Dartt, D.A., Meneray, M.A. (eds) Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film, and Dry Eye Syndromes 2. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 438. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5359-5_68
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