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Beyond the hormone: insulin as an autoimmune target in type 1 diabetes.
Endocrine reviews - 1 Oct 2011
Brezar Vedran, Carel Jean-Claude, Boitard Christian, Mallone Roberto
Abstract excerpt
Insulin is not only the hormone produced by pancreatic β-cells but also a key target antigen of the autoimmune islet destruction leading to type 1 diabetes. Despite cultural biases between the fields of endocrinology and immunology, these two facets should not be regarded separately, but rather harmonized in a unifying picture of diabetes pathogenesis. There is increasing evidence suggesting that metabolic...
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