TY - JOUR
T1 - The IDDMK1,222 retrovirus is not detectable in either mRNA or genomic DNA from patients with type 1 diabetes
AU - Muir, Andy
AU - Ruan, Qing Guo
AU - Marron, Michele P.
AU - She, Jin-Xiong
PY - 1999/1
Y1 - 1999/1
N2 - A new viral sequence (IDDMK1,222) similar to the human endogenous retrovirus (HERV)-K10/K18 subfamilies has recently been isolated from the culture supernatants of leukocyte-infiltrated islets from two patients who died at the onset of type 1 diabetes. It was claimed that this endogenous retrovirus is expressed in patients with type 1 diabetes but not in healthy control subjects, suggesting an important role of the retrovirus in β-cell- specific autoimmunity that results in type 1 diabetes. However, despite exhaustive attempts involving identical and expanded methods of detection, we did not observe the IDDMK1,222 viral sequence in genomic DNA, lymphocyte, or plasma RNA in any subject. Therefore, we believe that the vital sequence is not derived from an endogenous retrovirus and that a role for the retrovirus in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes must be reconsidered.
AB - A new viral sequence (IDDMK1,222) similar to the human endogenous retrovirus (HERV)-K10/K18 subfamilies has recently been isolated from the culture supernatants of leukocyte-infiltrated islets from two patients who died at the onset of type 1 diabetes. It was claimed that this endogenous retrovirus is expressed in patients with type 1 diabetes but not in healthy control subjects, suggesting an important role of the retrovirus in β-cell- specific autoimmunity that results in type 1 diabetes. However, despite exhaustive attempts involving identical and expanded methods of detection, we did not observe the IDDMK1,222 viral sequence in genomic DNA, lymphocyte, or plasma RNA in any subject. Therefore, we believe that the vital sequence is not derived from an endogenous retrovirus and that a role for the retrovirus in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes must be reconsidered.
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U2 - 10.2337/diabetes.48.1.219
DO - 10.2337/diabetes.48.1.219
M3 - Article
C2 - 9892248
AN - SCOPUS:0032911024
SN - 0012-1797
VL - 48
SP - 219
EP - 222
JO - Diabetes
JF - Diabetes
IS - 1
ER -