Skin cell response to environmental stimuli like viruses may predict type 1 diabetes

Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 14:00 in Health & Medicine

Type 1 diabetes is a genetically-driven autoimmune disease of pancreatic beta-cells, whose origins remain unknown. Researchers have discovered that skin cells from patients with type 1 diabetes display abnormal activity triggered by immune response mechanisms to environmental stimuli like a viral infection.

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