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SUBMITTER: Nakayama M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4807868 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nakayama Maki M Simmons Kimberly M KM Michels Aaron W AW
Current diabetes reports 20151201 12
Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease resulting from T cell-mediated destruction of insulin-producing beta cells within pancreatic islets. Disease incidence has increased significantly in the last two decades, especially in young children. Type 1 diabetes is now predictable in humans with the measurement of serum islet autoantibodies directed against insulin and beta cell proteins. Knowledge regarding the presentation of insulin and islet antigens to T cells has increased dramatically ...[more]