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Association of childhood type 1 diabetes mellitus with a variant of PAX4: possible link to beta cell regenerative capacity.
Diabetologia - 1 May 2005
Biason-Lauber A, Boehm B, Lang-Muritano M, Gauthier B R, Brun T, Wollheim C B, Schoenle E J
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Loss of pancreatic beta cells is the crucial event in the development of type 1 diabetes. It is the result of an imbalance between autoimmune destruction and insufficient regeneration of islet cells. To study the role of islet cell regeneration in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes, we focused on PAX4, a paired homeodomain transcriptional repressor that is involved in islet cell growth. METHODS:...
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