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Revisiting multiple models of progression of β-cell loss of function in type 1 diabetes: Significance for prevention and cure.
Journal of diabetes - 1 Jul 2016
Li Xia, Cheng Jin, Zhou Zhiguang
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from a chronic autoimmune process that leads to β-cell destruction and exogenous insulin dependence. The natural history of T1D proposed by Eisenbarth suggested six relatively independent stages over the course of the entire disease process, which was considered to be linear and chronic. Based on this classical theory, immunotherapies aim to prevent or reverse all these periods of...
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