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ReviewSeminars in immunopathology2014

Insulitis in human type 1 diabetes: a comparison between patients and animal models.

Peter In't Veld

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Review in Seminars in immunopathology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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78 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Peter In't VeldDepartment of Pathology, Diabetes Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090, Brussels, Belgium, intveld@vub.ac.be.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human type 1 diabetes (T1D) is considered to be an autoimmune disease, with CD8+ T-cell-mediated cytotoxicity being directed against the insulin-producing beta cells, leading to a gradual decrease in beta cell mass and the development of chronic hyperglycemia. The histopathologically defining lesion in recent-onset T1D patients is insulitis, a relatively subtle leucocytic infiltration present in approximately 10% of the islets of Langerhans from children with recent-onset (<1 year) disease. Due to the transient nature of the infiltrate, its heterogeneous distribution in the pancreas and the nature of the patient population, material for research is extremely rare and limited to a cumulative total of approximately 150 cases collected over the past century. Most studies on the etiopathogenesis of T1D have therefore focused on the non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse model, which shares many genetic and immunological disease characteristics with human T1D, although its islet histopathology is remarkably different. In view of these differences and in view of the limited success of clinical immune interventions based on observations in the NOD mouse, there is a renewed focus on studying the pathogenetic process in patient material.

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AnimalsAutoimmunityDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Disease Models, AnimalHumansInflammationIslets of LangerhansMiceMice, Inbred NOD

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PMID25005747
PMCPMC4186970

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