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Emerging Therapeutic Strategies to Restore Regulatory T Cell Control of Islet Autoimmunity in Type 1 Diabetes.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2021
Volfson-Sedletsky Victoria, Jones Albert, Hernandez-Escalante Jaileene, Dooms Hans
Abstract excerpt
Despite many decades of investigation uncovering the autoimmune mechanisms underlying Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), translating these findings into effective therapeutics has proven extremely challenging. T1D is caused by autoreactive T cells that become inappropriately activated and kill the β cells in the pancreas, resulting in insulin insufficiency and hyperglycemia. A large body of evidence supports the idea that...
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