| abstract |
An isolated immunogenic peptide with a length of between 12 and 50 amino acids of an autoantigen involved in type 1 diabetes, the peptide comprising: a class II MHC T-cell epitope of said autoantigen; and a C-X (2) -C redox motif, said motif being adjacent to said epitope or separated from said epitope by a maximum of 7 amino acids. |