This protocol describes a straightforward and minimally invasive method for transplanting and imaging NIT-1 cells in non-obese diabetic (NOD)-severe combined immunodeficient mice challenged with splenocytes purified from spontaneously diabetic NOD mice.
Stewart, T., Bode, K., Kissler, S., Yi, P. Bioluminescent Monitoring of Graft Survival in an Adoptive Transfer Model of Autoimmune Diabetes in Mice. J. Vis. Exp. (189), e64836, doi:10.3791/64836 (2022).