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Human insulin B chain but not A chain decreases the rate of diabetes in BB rats.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Nov 1999
Song H Y, Abad M M, Mahoney C P, McEvoy R C
Abstract excerpt
The autoimmune response seen in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) includes a humoral immune response against human insulin. Early insulin treatment has been used to prevent IDDM in the rodent models of IDDM, and a prevention trial is underway in humans. The metabolic effects of insulin may not be involved in this prevention since, in NOD mice, the use of metabolically inert human insulin B chain was...
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