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Do viral infections protect from or enhance type 1 diabetes and how can we tell the difference?
Cellular & molecular immunology - 1 May 2011
Christen Urs, von Herrath Matthias G
Abstract excerpt
Virus infections have been implicated in both initiation of and protection from autoimmune diseases, such as type 1 diabetes (T1D). In this review we intend to reflect on recent evidence how viruses might on the one hand be involved in the pathogenesis of T1D and on the other hand induce a state of protection from autoimmune-mediated damage. It is important to acknowledge that human individuals encounter more...
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