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[Importance of a thymus dysfunction in the pathophysiology of type 1 diabetes].
Revue medicale de Liege - 1 Jan 2000
Geenen V, Brilot F, Louis C, Hansenne I, Renard Ch, Martens H
Abstract excerpt
The autoimmune nature of the diabetogenic process and the major contribution of T lymphocytes stand now beyond any doubt. However, despite the identification of the three major type 1-diabetes-related autoantigens (insulin, GAD65 and phosphatase IA-2), the origin of this immune dysregulation still remains unknown. More and more evidence supports a thymic dysfunction in the establishment of central self-tolerance...
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