Adaptive immune regulation in autoimmune diabetes

Autor: Antonio La Cava, Concetta Ferretti
Přispěvatelé: Ferretti, C., La Cava, A.
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Autoimmunity Reviews. 15:236-241
ISSN: 1568-9972
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2015.11.008
Popis: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by the loss of insulin-producing pancreatic β-cells. The pathogenesis of T1D is complex and multifactorial and involves a genetic susceptibility that predisposes to abnormal immune responses in the presence of ill-defined environmental insults to the pancreatic islets. This review discusses how adaptive immunoregulatory T cells contribute to the modulation of the development and evolution of T1D, together with potential approaches that target these cells for new therapies in the disease.
Databáze: OpenAIRE