Rotavirus Infection Induces Transient Pancreatic Involution and Hyperglycemia in Weanling Mice

Rotavirus is a ubiquitous double-stranded RNA virus responsible for most cases of infantile gastroenteritis. It infects pancreatic islets in vitro and is implicated as a trigger of autoimmune destruction of islet beta cells leading to type 1 diabetes, but pancreatic pathology secondary to rotavirus...

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Main Authors: Honeyman, Margo C., Laine, David, Zhan, Yifan, Londrigan, Sarah, Kirkwood, Carl, Harrison, Leonard C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4152295/