In Type 1 Diabetes a Subset of Anti-Coxsackievirus B4 Antibodies Recognize Autoantigens and Induce Apoptosis of Pancreatic Beta Cells

• Caterina Bason ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Caterina Bason, Renata Lorini, Claudio Lunardi

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

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• Renata Lorini ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Caterina Bason, Renata Lorini, Claudio Lunardi

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Genova and Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy

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• Claudio Lunardi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Caterina Bason, Renata Lorini, Claudio Lunardi

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

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• Marzia Dolcino,

  Affiliation Clinical and Experimental Immunology Unit, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy

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• Alessandro Giannattasio,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Genova and Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy

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• Giuseppe d’Annunzio,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Genova and Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy

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• Antonella Rigo,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

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• Nicoletta Pedemonte,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy

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• Roberto Corrocher,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

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• Antonio Puccetti

  * E-mail: antonio.puccetti@unige.it

  Affiliations Clinical and Experimental Immunology Unit, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy, Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Hystology, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

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