correlational
Analysis v1
Strong Support
Studies show that people with type 1 diabetes do not have higher levels of antibodies against HERV-K envelope proteins compared to people without the disease.
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Autoantibodies to human endogenous retrovirus‐K are frequently detected in health and disease and react with multiple epitopes
Cross-Sectional Study
Human
2002 AprThis study found that many healthy people also have antibodies against HERV-K, not just people with autoimmune diseases like type 1 diabetes. So, having these antibodies isn’t a unique sign of type 1 diabetes — which means earlier claims linking them tightly to the disease might be wrong.
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