A 10-year-old boy was diagnosed with a recent onset of diabetes mellitus and requires daily insulin therapy. Injury to pancreatic islet cells in this patient was most likely mediated by which of the following mechanisms of disease?

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Antibody-mediated islet cell destruction

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Cell-mediated immunity

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Direct viral cytopathic effects

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Immune complex deposition

A 10-year-old boy was diagnosed with a recent onset of diabetes mellitus and requires daily insulin therapy. Injury to pancreatic islet cells in this patient was most likely mediated by which of the following mechanisms of disease?

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