Researchers identify pivotal immune cell in Type 1 diabetes in humans
Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have proven for the first time in human tissues -- the specific immune system T cells which trigger the destruction of type 1 diabetes in the pancreas. The finding is an important advance that verifies in humans several important disease characteristics shown in mouse studies and provides a key focal point for interrupting the disease process.