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The dark side of insulin: A primary autoantigen and instrument of self-destruction in type 1 diabetes

BACKGROUND: Since its discovery 100 years ago, insulin, as the ‘cure’ for type 1 diabetes, has rescued the lives of countless individuals. As the century unfolded and the autoimmune nature of type 1 diabetes was recognised, a darker side of insulin emerged. Autoimmunity to insulin was found to be an...

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Autor principal: Harrison, Leonard C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8513143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34242821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molmet.2021.101288