Category: Current nPOD Projects

Evaluation of HERV-W Envelope antigen expression in Pancreas and serum from patients with Type 1 Diabetes.

Endogenous retroviruses are known to represent 8% of the Human genome.  HERV-W family retains elements expressing an envelope protein (Env), which activates a pro-inflammatory and autoimmune cascade through interaction with Toll-Like receptor 4 (TLR4). This Env protein was evidenced in brain lesions, sera and circulating mononuclear cells of patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS)1. Thus, all […]