Linking chronic infection and autoimmune diseases: Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, SLC11A1 polymorphisms and type-1 diabetes mellitus.

Linking chronic infection and autoimmune diseases: Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, SLC11A1 polymorphisms and type-1 diabetes mellitus.

<h4>Background</h4>The etiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is still unknown; numerous studies are performed to unravel the environmental factors involved in triggering the disease. SLC11A1 is a membrane transporter that is expressed in late endosomes of antigen presenting cells i...

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Main Authors: Daniela Paccagnini, Lee Sieswerda, Valentina Rosu, Speranza Masala, Adolfo Pacifico, Maria Gazouli, John Ikonomopoulos, Niyaz Ahmed, Stefania Zanetti, Leonardo A Sechi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19768110/pdf/?tool=EBI

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