Molecular mechanisms underlying diabetes and other autoimmune diseases.
Autoimmunity is a fascinating and complex phenomenon. The various mechanisms such as self tolerance, genetic and environmental regulation of the autoimmune phenotype, which govern the susceptibility to autoimmune disease were discussed at a recent workshop. Here, Ron Gill and Kathryn Haskins report on the new advances in this area.
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Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.
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