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Cyclophosphamide promoted the onset of overt diabetes in non-obese diabetes-prone mice of both sexes. Two injections of this agent at 2 weeks apart were necessary to obtain a constant high incidence, although even a single injection was effective in some animals. Clinical symptoms of the cyclophosphamide-induced diabetes were similar to those of the naturally occurring type. The same schedule of cyclophosphamide treatment failed to induce diabetes in non-diabetic mouse strains, such as DS/Shi, Jcl: ICR or in non-obese non-diabetes-prone mice, which suggests that the promotion of diabetes by cyclophosphamide in non-obese diabetes-prone mice is not due to the simple pharmacological action of this agent but to some immunopharmacological action.
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Harada, M., Makino, S. Promotion of spontaneous diabetes in non-obese diabetes-prone mice by cyclophosphamide. Diabetologia 27, 604–606 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00276978
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