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Mutation scan of a type 1 diabetes candidate gene: the human interleukin-18 binding protein gene.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Nov 2003
Nolsøe Rúna L, Pociot Flemming, Novick Daniela, Rubinstein Menachem, Kim Soo-Hyun, Dinarello Charles A, Mandrup-Poulsen Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes, T1DM, is the result of an immune-mediated destruction of the pancreatic beta cells dependent mainly on T helper cells and macrophages. Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is a proinflammatory cytokine produced mainly by macrophages. IL-18 is capable of inducing T lymphocyte synthesis of IFNgamma, thereby skewing the T helper response toward a T helper type 1 (Th1) profile. IL-18 binding...
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