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.