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No association or linkage to IDDM of an interferon regulatory factor-1 gene polymorphism in a Danish population. The Danish Study Group for Diabetes in Childhood.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Oct 1997
Johannesen J, Karlsen A E, Nerup J, Pociot F
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Nitric oxide is a potent mediator of the cytokine-induced cytotoxic effect on pancreatic beta cells. It has been shown that the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is induced in islets of Langerhans by interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta). Interferon regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1), a transcriptional factor known to play an essential role in the induction of the inducible nitric oxide synthase, has also been shown to be...
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