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NK cells and type 1 diabetes.
Clinical & developmental immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Rodacki Melanie, Milech Adolpho, de Oliveira José Egídio Paulo
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is characterized by an immuno-mediated progressive destruction of the pancreatic beta cells. Due to the ability of NK cells to kill target cells as well as to interact with antigen-presenting and T cells, it has been suggested that they could be involved in one or multiple steps of the immune-mediated attack that leads to T1D. Abnormalities in the frequency and activity of NK cells have been...
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