IFN-α can both protect against and promote the development of type 1 diabetes

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1150, Issue , 2008, Pages 187-189

  Wong, F Susan ^a   Wen, Li ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Mail Box 208020 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

IFN ; Poly:IC; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; GLUCOSE; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL PROTECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETOGENESIS; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 57749193697     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1447.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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