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Transgenic copper/zinc superoxide dismutase modulates susceptibility to type I diabetes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 11 Oct 1994
Kubisch H M, Wang J, Luche R, Carlson E, Bray T M, Epstein C J, Phillips J P
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A growing body of evidence suggests that active oxygen is an important participant in the destruction of the pancreatic beta cell, which, in turn, leads to type I or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Consequently, genetic factors predisposing susceptibility to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus may include those that determine active oxygen metabolism. A direct test of this hypothesis is provided by a...
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