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Med. 183:2143\u20132149) showed, using RIP LCMV perforin-deficient mice, that IDDM does not occur in the absence of perforin. They concluded that perforin-mediated killing by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) is the main factor needed for \u03b2 cell injury and destruction. Here we provide evidence that killing of \u03b2 cells is more complex and multifactorial. By the use of our RIP LCMV model, we show that in perforin competent but interferon-\u03b3 (IFN-\u03b3)\u2013deficient mice, \u03b2 cell injury is limited and IDDM does not occur. For these studies, double transgenic mice were generated that were genetically deficient in the production of IFN-\u03b3 and express LCMV NP or GP in their \u03b2 cells. In such mice, IDDM was aborted despite the generation of LCMV-specific antiself CTLs that displayed normal cytolytic activity in vitro and in vivo and entered the pancreas. 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