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Published on: June 16, 2011

热冲击蛋白65作为胰岛素依赖糖尿病的β细胞抗原

D B Jones1, N R Hunter, G W Duff

  • 1Department of Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.

Lancet (London, England)
|September 8, 1990
PubMed
概括

来自Mycobacterium tuberculosis的热冲击蛋白65 (HSP65) 可能是胰岛素依赖糖尿病的主要β细胞抗原. 对HSP65的自身免疫可能会增加对这种自身免疫性疾病的易感性.

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