Type 1 Diabetes at-risk children highly recognize Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis epitopes homologous to human Znt8 and Proinsulin

Recognition of ZnT8, Proinsulin, and Homologous MAP Peptides in Sardinian Children at Risk of T1D Precedes Detection of Classical Islet Antibodies

(2016) Magdalena Niegowska et al.   Journal of Diabetes Research

Islet autoantibody phenotypes and incidence in children at increased risk for type 1 diabetes

(2015) Eleni Z. Giannopoulou et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Proinsulin and MAP3865c homologous epitopes are a target of antibody response in new-onset type 1 diabetes children from continental Italy

(2015) Speranza Masala et al.   PEDIATRIC DIABETES

Mycobacterium avium ss. paratuberculosis Zoonosis – The Hundred Year War – Beyond Crohn’s Disease

(2015) Leonardo A. Sechi et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Recognition of zinc transporter 8 and MAP3865c homologous epitopes by new-onset type 1 diabetes children from continental Italy

(2014) Speranza Masala et al.   ACTA DIABETOLOGICA

Are zinc transporter type 8 antibodies a marker of autoimmune thyroiditis in non-obese adults with new-onset diabetes?

(2014) Anita Rogowicz-Frontczak et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Hydrolyzed Infant Formula and Early β-Cell Autoimmunity

(2014) Mikael Knip et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Sardinians Genetic Background Explained by Runs of Homozygosity and Genomic Regions under Positive Selection

(2014) Cornelia Di Gaetano et al.   PLoS One

Recognition of Zinc Transporter 8 and MAP3865c Homologous Epitopes by Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Subjects from Sardinia: A Common Target with Type 1 Diabetes?

(2014) Speranza Masala et al.   PLoS One

Zinc Transporter 8 and MAP3865c Homologous Epitopes are Recognized at T1D Onset in Sardinian Children

(2013) Speranza Masala et al.   PLoS One

Mycobacterium aviumsubsp.paratuberculosisin an Italian Cohort of Type 1 Diabetes Pediatric Patients

(2012) Maria Luisa Manca Bitti et al.   Clinical & Developmental Immunology

Age-related islet autoantibody incidence in offspring of patients with type 1 diabetes

(2012) A.-G. Ziegler et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Short communication: Recovery of viable Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis from retail pasteurized whole milk in Brazil

(2012) I.A. Carvalho et al.   JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE

Sardinian Type 1 diabetes patients, Transthyretin and Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection

(2012) Speranza Masala et al.   Gut Pathogens

Genetics of the HLA Region in the Prediction of Type 1 Diabetes

(2011) Janelle A. Noble et al.   Current Diabetes Reports

Type 1 Diabetes-associated HLA-DQ8 Transdimer Accommodates a Unique Peptide Repertoire

(2011) Menno van Lummel et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Antibodies Recognizing Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis Epitopes Cross-React with the Beta-Cell Antigen ZnT8 in Sardinian Type 1 Diabetic Patients

(2011) Speranza Masala et al.   PLoS One

Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus

(2010)   DIABETES CARE

Zinc Transporter 8 Antibodies Complement GAD and IA-2 Antibodies in the Identification and Characterization of Adult-Onset Autoimmune Diabetes: Non Insulin Requiring Autoimmune Diabetes (NIRAD) 4

(2009) V. Lampasona et al.   DIABETES CARE

Specific Immunoassays Confirm Association of Mycobacterium avium Subsp. paratuberculosis with Type-1 but Not Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus

(2009) Valentina Rosu et al.   PLoS One

Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis Bacteremia in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: An Infectious Trigger?

(2007) L. A. Sechi et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES