Target antigens in autoimmune diabetes: Pancreatic gangliosides

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 433-435

  Dionisi, Sabrina ^a   Dotta, Francesco ^a   Diaz Horta, Oscar ^a   Carabba, Barbara ^a   Viglietta, Vissia ^a   Di Mario, Umberto ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Ganglioside; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE; GANGLIOSIDE GM2;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET; PREGNANCY; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; G(M2) GANGLIOSIDE; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MICE; PANCREAS; PREGNANCY; RATS;

EID: 0031301701     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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