Viral/self-mimicry and immunological cross-reactivity as a trigger of hepatic C virus associated autoimmune diabetes

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 155-156

  Bogdanos, Dimitrios Petrou ^a   Rigopoulou, Eirini I ^b  

^a Institute of Liver Studies   (United Kingdom)

^b Academic Liver Unit   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Autoimmunity; Cross reactivity; Liver disease; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; INTERLEUKIN 18; PHOGRIN; TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE ISLET CEL ANTIGEN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CROSS REACTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PATHOGENESIS; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CROSS REACTIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PROTEIN-TYROSINE-PHOSPHATASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 34247254979     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2006.10.012     Document Type: Letter

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