Porcine insulin causes more allergic reactions in humans than recombinant bacterial insulin due to amino acid sequence differences
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SUPPORTED
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confidence 84/100
Porcine insulin historically caused more immunological complications and adverse reactions in humans due to structural differences and impurities compared to modern recombinant human insulin.
Evidence for · 2
Insulin: evolution of insulin formulations and their application in clinical practice over 100 years.
2022 · cited by 26
Paper 0 notes that early animal-derived insulin formulations contained impurities that caused adverse reactions.
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Affinity of IgG-Insulin Antibodies to Human (recombinant DNA) Insulin and Porcine Insulin in Insulin-treated Diabetic Individuals With and Without Insulin Resistance
1982 · cited by 11
Paper 1 discusses how porcine insulin can demonstrate higher affinity to certain human IgG-insulin antibodies compared to recombinant human insulin in specific patient populations.