A strain of non-obese diabetic mice developed in Japan that has been widely studied as a model for T-cell-dependent autoimmune insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in which insulitis is a major histopathologic feature, and in which genetic susceptibility is strongly MHC-linked
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 [MESH] : Coping with life on insulin : a guide to insulin-dependent diabetes / Judith M. Steel, Margaret Dunn ; with a foreword by Arnold Bloom