Lack of evidence for a role of islet autoimmunity in the aetiology of canine diabetes mellitus.

AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common endocrine disorders in dogs and is commonly proposed to be of autoimmune origin. Although the clinical presentation of human type 1 diabetes (T1D) and canine diabetes are similar, the aetiologies may differ. The aim of this study was to in...

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Main Authors: Kerstin M Ahlgren, Tove Fall, Nils Landegren, Lars Grimelius, Henrik von Euler, Katarina Sundberg, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Anna Lobell, Åke Hedhammar, Göran Andersson, Helene Hansson-Hamlin, Åke Lernmark, Olle Kämpe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4143278?pdf=render