## Abstract Despite evidence supporting an association between enterovirus (EV) infection and type 1 diabetes, the etiological mechanism(s) for EVโinduced beta cell destruction is(are) not well understood. In this study, the effects of Coxsackievirus B (CVB) 1โ6 on cell lysis and cytokine/chemokine
Chemokines and cytokines induced by enterovirus infection of human pancreatic islets
โ Scribed by Gun Frisk
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 22 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0146-6615
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