Definition: 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.
a model for DIABETES MELLITUS, INSULIN-DEPENDENT, the most likely type of exper diabetes mellitus, not DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL (see MeSH definition); NIM when exper animal: no qualif; when IM, qualif permitted; do not forget also to check MICE
