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Investigation of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice knockout for the osteopontin gene.
Gene - 30 Aug 2020
Melanitou Evie
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OBJECTIVE: Type 1 diabetes onset is preceded by a pre-inflammatory stage leading to insulitis and followed by targeted destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. Osteopontin (OPN) is a secreted phosphoprotein with cytokine properties, implicated in many physiological and pathological processes, including infection and autoimmunity. We have previously identified up-regulated osteopontin...
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