Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25897349›Full record

ReviewWorld journal of diabetes2015

Type 1 diabetes: A predictable disease.

Kimber M Simmons, Aaron W Michels

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Review in World journal of diabetes, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kimber M SimmonsKimber M Simmons, Aaron W Michels, Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, United States.
Aaron W MichelsKimber M Simmons, Aaron W Michels, Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, United States.
University of Colorado Health · US

Funding

Multiple Autoantigens/Multiple Epitopes of Type 1DMR01DK032083 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI MICHELS, AARON W · 1986 to 2025
$6.9M
Training Program in Diabetes ResearchT32DK063687 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Andrea Steck · 2002 to 2026
$5.2M
Small Molecules Targeting Allele Specific MHC Class II PresentationK08DK095995 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI MICHELS, AARON W · 2012 to 2016
$762k
NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK095995NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK032083NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK063687
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease characterized by loss of insulin producing beta cells and reliance on exogenous insulin for survival. T1D is one of the most common chronic diseases in childhood and the incidence is increasing, especially in children less than 5 years of age. In individuals with a genetic predisposition, an unidentified trigger initiates an abnormal immune response and the development of islet autoantibodies directed against proteins in insulin producing beta cells. There are currently four biochemical islet autoantibodies measured in the serum directed against insulin, glutamic decarboxylase, islet antigen 2, and zinc transporter 8. Development of islet autoantibodies occurs before clinical diagnosis of T1D, making T1D a predictable disease in an individual with 2 or more autoantibodies. Screening for islet autoantibodies is still predominantly done through research studies, but efforts are underway to screen the general population. The benefits of screening for islet autoantibodies include decreasing the incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis that can be life threatening, initiating insulin therapy sooner in the disease process, and evaluating safe and specific therapies in large randomized clinical intervention trials to delay or prevent progression to diabetes onset.

Indexed as

AutoantibodiesAutoimmunityDiabetes preventionScreeningType 1 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID25897349
PMCPMC4398895
OpenAlexW2067765762

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