MAP3738c and MptD are specific tags of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in type I diabetes mellitus

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-57

  Cossu, Andrea ^a   Rosu, Valentina ^a   Paccagnini, Daniela ^a   Cossu, Davide ^a   Pacifico, Adolfo ^a   Sechi, Leonardo Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis; Recombinant proteins; Seroactivity; Type I Diabetes mellitus (T1DM)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS 3733C; PROTEIN MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS 3738C; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053132667     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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