Dysfunctional β-cell autophagy induces β-cell stress and enhances islet immunogenicity

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Background Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors that trigger autoimmune-mediated destruction of pancreatic β-cells. Defects in β-cell stress response pathways such as autophagy may play an important role in activating and/or exacerbating the immune response in disease development. Previously, we discovered that β-cell autophagy is impaired prior to the onset of...

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