Role of nitric oxide and viral products in pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction and death
SUMMARY Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease caused by progressive destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta-cells. Both viral infections and the cytokines interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) have been suggested as potential mediators of beta-cell...
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Universite Libre de Bruxelles
2004
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Online Access: | http://theses.ulb.ac.be/ETD-db/collection/available/ULBetd-02202004-104201/ |