Role of cytokines in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diabetes mellitus

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 291-299

  Rabinovitch, Alex ^a   Suarez Pinzon, Wilma L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Immunoregulation; Islet cells; Th1 Th2 cells; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN SYNTHESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS;

EID: 0042839568     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025160614313     Document Type: Review

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