Type 1 diabetes: etiology, immunology, and therapeutic strategies

TL Van Belle, KT Coppieters… - Physiological …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disease in which destruction or damaging of
the beta-cells in the islets of Langerhans results in insulin deficiency and hyperglycemia. We …

Immunological GABAergic interactions and therapeutic applications in autoimmune diseases

GJ Prud'homme, Y Glinka, Q Wang - Autoimmunity reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain.
However, it is also produced in other sites; notably by pancreatic β cells and immune cells …

Advances in the cellular immunological pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes

M Li, LJ Song, XY Qin - Journal of cellular and molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease caused by the immune‐mediated destruction of
insulin‐producing pancreatic β cells. In recent years, the incidence of type 1 diabetes …

Breakdown in peripheral tolerance in type 1 diabetes in mice and humans

LT Jeker, H Bour-Jordan… - Cold Spring …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), also called juvenile diabetes because of its classically early onset, is
considered an autoimmune disease targeting the insulin-producing β cells in the pancreatic …

GABAergic regulation of pancreatic islet cells: Physiology and antidiabetic effects

Q Wang, L Ren, Y Wan… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Diabetes occurs when pancreatic β‐cell death exceeds β‐cell growth, which leads to loss of
β‐cell mass. An effective therapy must have two actions: promotion of β‐cell replication and …

Trials in type 1 diabetes: Antigen-specific therapies

KT Coppieters, LC Harrison, MG von Herrath - Clinical immunology, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from an aberrant immunological response against the
insulin-producing beta cells in the islets of the pancreas. The ideal therapy would restore …

Antigen-based vaccination and prevention of type 1 diabetes

LC Harrison, JM Wentworth, Y Zhang… - Current diabetes …, 2013 - Springer
Insulin-dependent or type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a paradigm for prevention of autoimmune
disease: Pancreatic β-cell autoantigens are defined, at-risk individuals can be identified …

[HTML][HTML] Autoantigen based vaccines for type 1 diabetes

D Nicholas, O Odumosu, WHR Langridge - Discovery medicine, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Type 1 diabetes is an organ-specific autoimmune disease caused by chronic inflammation
(insulitis), which damages the insulin producing β-cells of the pancreatic Islets of …

Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA): from immunopathogenesis to Immunotherapy

J Hu, R Zhang, H Zou, L Xie, Z Zhou… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is a type of diabetes characterized by slow
autoimmune damage of pancreatic β cells without insulin treatment in the early clinical …

[HTML][HTML] The clinical and immunological significance of GAD-specific autoantibody and T-cell responses in type 1 diabetes

T Boettler, PP Pagni, R Jaffe, Y Cheng, P Zerhouni… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Antigen-specific interventions are desirable approaches in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) as they
can alter islet-specific autoimmunity without systemic side effects. Glutamic acid …