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Heterophile anti-mouse immunoglobulin antibodies may interfere with cytokine measurements in patients with HLA alleles protective for type 1A diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 Nov 1999
Redondo M J, Gottlieb P A, Motheral T, Mulgrew C, Rewers M, Babu S, Stephens E, Wegmann D R, Eisenbarth G S
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Wilson and coworkers (Wilson SB, Kent SC, Patton KT, Orban T, Jackson RA, Exley M, Porcelli S, Schatz DA, Atkinson MA, Balk SP, Strominger JL, Hafler DA: Extreme Th1 bias of invariant V alpha24J alpha Q T-cells in type 1 diabetes. Nature 391:177-181, 1998) have recently reported raised serum levels of interleukin-4 (IL-4) in anti-islet autoantibody-positive first-degree relatives of patients with type 1A diabetes...
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