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Autoimmune responses to the beta cell autoantigen, insulin, and the INS VNTR-IDDM2 locus.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Dec 1998
Sarugeri E, Dozio N, Belloni C, Meschi F, Pastore M R, Bonifacio E
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes is associated with autoimmunity to insulin. Genetic susceptibility to type 1 diabetes is polygenic and includes the INS VNTR-IDDM2 locus which may regulate the expression of insulin in pancreas and thymus. In order to determine whether insulin autoimmunity could be attributed to a genetic susceptibility conferred by the INS VNTR-IDDM2 locus, peripheral blood T cell proliferation to human insulin...
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