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Tight junctions, intestinal permeability, and autoimmunity: celiac disease and type 1 diabetes paradigms.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 May 2009
Visser Jeroen, Rozing Jan, Sapone Anna, Lammers Karen, Fasano Alessio
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune diseases are characterized by tissue damage and loss of function due to an immune response that is directed against specific organs. This review is focused on celiac disease (CD), an autoimmune enteropathy, and type 1 diabetes (T1D), a hyperglycosaemia caused by a destructive autoimmune process targeting the insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells. Even if environmental factors and genetic...
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