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Viral infections and diabetes.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2012
Galleri Letizia, Sebastiani Guido, Vendrame Francesco, Grieco Fabio Arturo, Spagnuolo Isabella, Dotta Francesco
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a multi-factorial autoimmune disease determined by the interaction of genetic, environmental and immunologic factors. One of the environmental risk factors identified by a series of independent studies is represented by viral infection, with strong evidence showing that viruses can indeed infect pancreatic beta cells with consequent effects ranging from functional damage to cell...
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