Article
Environmental factors in the etiology of type 1 diabetes.
American journal of medical genetics - 30 May 2002
Akerblom Hans K, Vaarala Outi, Hyöty Heikki, Ilonen Jorma, Knip Mikael
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes is considered to be an autoimmune disease in which T lymphocytes infiltrate the islets of pancreas and destroy the insulin producing beta cell population. Besides antigen specificity, the quality of immune reactivity against islet cell antigen(s) is an important determinant of the beta cell destruction. Much evidence indicates that the function of the gut immune system is central in the...
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