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Interleukin-1-beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, insulin secretion and oral glucose tolerance in non-diabetic siblings of children with IDDM.
Indian journal of pediatrics - 1 Jan 2000
el-Nawawy A, Soliman T, el-Azzouni O, Abbassy A A, Massoud M N, Marzouk S, Ibrahim F, Helal L
Abstract excerpt
Recent reports suggest that the pancreas participates in tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-A) production during stress, and that the islets are predominantly responsible for such synthesis. In vitro TNF-A and interleukin 1-beta (IL-1-beta) inhibit insulin release from islet beta-cells. We measured the circulating levels of IL-1-beta, TNF-A and islet cell antibody (ICA) in 30 children with IDDM (10 of them at their...
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