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Accelerated Type 1 Diabetes Induction in Mice by Adoptive Transfer of Diabetogenic CD4+ T Cells
Published on: May 6, 2013
[Immunopathogenesis of diabetes mellitus I]
J Krejsek1, J Novosad, O Kopecký
1Ustav klinické imunologie a alergologie Lékarské fakulty UK a FN, Hradec Králové.
Abstract:
The pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus I is multifactorial. Both genetic predisposition and environmental factors are involved in the deregulation of immune system with subsequent breakage of self-tolerance. Autoantibodies against numerous autoantigens are raised during this long-term process but the principal pathogenic mechanism is cytotoxic killing of beta cells of pancreas mediated predominantly by T cells. There could be the chance to interrupt this pathogenetic process by manipulation with immune system to achieve induction of tolerance. Such clinical trials are now under progress.
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