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Diabetes and Viruses

Diabetes, in all of its forms, now constitutes a growing health concern, affecting all segments of the world<U+0019>s population. There is great interest in the factors which influence its etiology and progression. Among these, a number of viruses feature prominently. Hindered by technological...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Taylor, Keith. (Editor), Hyt̲y, Heikki. (Editor), Toniolo, Antonio. (Editor), Zuckerman, Arie J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Immunology.
Toxicology.
Medical virology.
Emerging infectious diseases.
Biomedicine.
Virology.
Infectious Diseases.
Pharmacology/Toxicology.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4051-2
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Historical Background: Virus Involvement in diabetes
  • Historical Background: Autoimmune Diabetes
  • Genetics of Type 1 Diabetes
  • Non-genetic Factors in the Pathogenesis of Type 1 daibetes
  • EMC Virus in Mice
  • AZ Enteroviruses in the Mouse Model of Type 1 Diabetes
  • Kilham Virus in rats
  • Reoviruses in Mice
  • Ljungan Virus
  • Virus-related Diabetes in Cattle
  • Epidemiology of Viruses in Type 1 Diabetes
  • Molecular Biology of Enteroviruses
  • Laboratory Diagnosiws of Enterovirus Infection
  • Enterovirus Immunity and the "Hygeine Hypothesis"
  • Enteroviruses in Blood
  • Coxsackieviruses and Insulitis
  • Viruses in the Pancreas in Diabetes
  • Other Possible Diabetogenic Viruses: Rotavirus
  • Viruses, Diabetes and Autoimmunity: Studies of Subjects at Genetic Risk for Type 1 Diabetes
  • Diabetes and Viruses in the Tropics
  • Diabetes and Viruses in Australia and the Pacific
  • Fulminant Diabetes in Japan
  • Defining Causal Relationship: From Outbreak Workup to Clinical Trial
  • The nPOD Research Organization
  • Genes, Viruses and Molecular Mimicry
  • Innate and Cell-mediated Immunity to Enteroviruses
  • Innate Responses to Diabetes-Producing Viruses
  • Virus Infection of Human Islets In Vitro
  • Virus-Induced Cytokines in Human Islets
  • Antibody Enhancement of Enterovirus Infection
  • Speculation on Diabetes Prevention
  • Viruses as Major Environmental Factors for the Induction of Diabetes
  • Sumary and Perspectives
  • Index.

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