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Journal home Advance online publication Current issue Archive Press releases Supplements Focuses Guide to authors Online submission For referees Free online issue Contact the journal Subscribe Advertising work@npg Reprints and permissions About this site For librarians   NPG Resources Nature Nature Reviews Nature Immunology Nature Cell Biology Nature Genetics news@nature.com Nature Conferences Dissect Medicine NPG Subject areas Biotechnology Cancer Chemistry Clinical Medicine Dentistry Development Drug Discovery Earth Sciences Evolution & Ecology Genetics Immunology Materials Science Medical Research Microbiology Molecular Cell Biology Neuroscience Pharmacology Physics Browse all publications News and Views Nature Medicine  8, 331 - 333 (2002) doi:10.1038/nm0402-331 Juvenile autoimmune diabetes: A pathogenic role for maternal antibodies? Matthias von Herrath1 & Jean-Francois Bach2 1  La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology San Diego, California, USA matthias@liai.org 2  Necker Hopital, Paris, France Type 1 diabetes has long been thought of as a T cell−mediated disease. Now, a new study in mice makes a strong case that maternal autoantibodies can play an essential role in the initiation of diabetes. (pages 399−402) MORE ARTICLES LIKE THIS These links to content published by NPG are automatically generated NEWS AND VIEWS Murder mysteries in type 1 diabetes Nature Medicine News and Views (01 Feb 2003) RESEARCH Proapoptosis and Antiapoptosis-Related Molecules During Postnatal Pancreas Development in Control and Nonobese Diabetic Mice: Relationship with Innervation Laboratory Investigation Article (01 Feb 2003) Autoimmune islet destruction in spontaneous type 1 diabetes is not -cell exclusive Nature Medicine Article (01 Feb 2003) Elimination of maternally transmitted autoantibodies prevents diabetes in nonobese diabetic mice Nature Medicine Article (01 Apr 2002)  Top Abstract Previous | Next Table of contents Full text Download PDF Send to a friend Save this link Open Innovation Challenges Direct Molecular Detection of Proteins and Nucleic Acids Deadline: Dec 02 2009 Reward: $5,000 USD This Challenge is looking for novel approaches to protein and nucleic acid detection. This is an Id... Single-cell Analysis Platform Deadline: Dec 02 2009 Reward: $5,000 USD This Challenge is looking for novel approaches to analyzing changes at a single-cell level. This is... More Challenges Powered by: nature jobs Research Assistant / Associate University of Glasgow Glasgow, UK Faculty Positions Wayne State University Detroit MI United States More science jobs Post a job for free Figures & Tables See also: Article by Greeley et al. Export citation Search buyers guide:   ADVERTISEMENT

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