title: In type 1 diabetes, does a non-cytopathic viral infection of insulin-secreting B-cells initiate the disease process leading to their autoimmune destruction?
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, U.K.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Foulis
mesh_terms: D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*