Pancreatitis and altered glucose tolerance in mice infected with coxsackie B4 virus

Acta Diabetol Lat. 1977 May-Aug;14(3-4):104-11. doi: 10.1007/BF02581397.

Abstract

CD1 mice infected with Coxsackie B4 virus showed an early polymorph infiltration of the pancreas, which later changed to a mononuclear exudate. A state of glucose tolerance developed concurrently and both events coincided with the inhibition of migration of spleen cells in the presence of the virus. The relevance of these findings to human juvenile-onset diabetes mellitus is discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Coxsackievirus Infections / complications*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / metabolism
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / microbiology*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Enterovirus* / metabolism
  • Glucose Tolerance Test
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Pancreas / metabolism
  • Pancreatitis / metabolism
  • Pancreatitis / microbiology