Diabetes and Viruses

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Taylor, Keith (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hyöty, Heikki (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Toniolo, Antonio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Zuckerman, Arie J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Immunology.; Pharmacology.; Virology.; Infectious diseases.; Biomedicine.; Infectious Diseases.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

Diabetes, in all of its forms, now constitutes a growing health concern, affecting all segments of the world’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 limitations,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.