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Effect of cow's milk exposure and maternal type 1 diabetes on cellular and humoral immunization to dietary insulin in infants at genetic risk for type 1 diabetes. Finnish Trial to Reduce IDDM in the Genetically at Risk Study Group.
Diabetes - 1 Oct 2000
Paronen J, Knip M, Savilahti E, Virtanen S M, Ilonen J, Akerblom H K, Vaarala O
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes is considered to be a T-cell-mediated autoimmune disease in which insulin-producing beta-cells are destroyed. Immunity to insulin has been suggested to be one of the primary autoimmune mechanisms leading to islet cell destruction. We have previously shown that the first immunization to insulin occurs by exposure to bovine insulin (BI) in cow's milk (CM) formula. In this study, we analyzed the...
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