Zinc Transporter 8 and MAP3865c Homologous Epitopes are Recognized at T1D Onset in Sardinian Children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Masala, Speranza ^a   Zedda, Maria Antonietta ^b   Cossu, Davide ^a   Ripoli, Carlo ^b   Palermo, Mario ^c   Sechi, Leonardo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b Clinica Pediatrica Macciotta   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; EPITOPE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC TRANSPORTER; ZINC TRANSPORTER 8;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS REACTIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84877863738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063371     Document Type: Article

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