Mechanisms of β cell death in diabetes: A minor role for CD95

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Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is an autoimmune disease, under polygenic control, manifested only when >90% of the insulin-producing beta cells are destroyed. Although the disease is T cell mediated, the demise of the beta cell results from a number of different insults from the immune system. It has been proposed that foremost amongst these effector mechanisms is CD95 ligand-induced beta cell death. Using...

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