Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: The hypothesis of molecular mimicry between islet cell antigens and microorganisms

Molecular Medicine Today

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 76-83

  Maclaren, Noel K ^a   Atkinsson, Mark A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENICITY; CELL DESTRUCTION; CROSS REACTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTEROVIRUS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0031062316     PISSN: 13574310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-4310(96)10056-3     Document Type: Review

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