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Age- and islet autoimmunity-associated differences in amino acid and lipid metabolites in children at risk for type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 Nov 2011
Pflueger Maren, Seppänen-Laakso Tuulikki, Suortti Tapani, Hyötyläinen Tuulia, Achenbach Peter, Bonifacio Ezio, Orešič Matej, Ziegler Anette-G
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OBJECTIVE: Islet autoimmunity precedes type 1 diabetes and often initiates in childhood. Phenotypic variation in islet autoimmunity relative to the age of its development suggests heterogeneous mechanisms of autoimmune activation. To support this notion, we examined whether serum metabolite profiles differ between children with respect to islet autoantibody status and the age of islet autoantibody development....
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