Conclusion
Type I diabetes is an autoimmune disease heralded by T cell-mediated destruction of pancreatic islet β cells. The mechanism(s) involved in this β-cell destruction is not precisely understood. There is evidence that the etiology of disease is owing to a complex interaction between genes and the environment and that the pathogenesis is autoimmune in nature. With the availability of major new tools such as β cell-specific autoantigens, gene knockout and transgenic mice, and various cytokines, the mechanism of disease induction, progression, and regulation will be elucidated in the near future. A better understanding of the pathogenesis of type I diabetes may provide novel therapeutic agents for the prevention of the disease.
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Singh, B., Delovitch, T.L. Immune mechanisms that regulate susceptibility to autoimmune type I diabetes. Clinic Rev Allerg Immunol 19, 247–264 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1385/CRIAI:19:3:247
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