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Impact of Parabacteroides distasonis colonization on host microbiome, metabolome, immunity, and diabetes onset
1 Aug 2025
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is caused by autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β-cells. The insulin B-chain 9-23 (insB9-23) peptide is a critical epitope in triggering T1D. In our previous study, we showed that Parabacteroides distasonis, a human gut commensal, contains an insB9-23 mimic in its hprt protein (residues 4-18). This mimic (hprt4-18) peptide activates insB9-23-specific T cells, and P. distasonis colonization...
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