Publication: Glucose Driven Changes in Beta Cell Identity Are Important for Function and Possibly Autoimmune Vulnerability during the Progression of Type 1 Diabetes
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2017
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Frontiers Media S.A.
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Weir, Gordon C., and Susan Bonner-Weir. 2017. “Glucose Driven Changes in Beta Cell Identity Are Important for Function and Possibly Autoimmune Vulnerability during the Progression of Type 1 Diabetes.” Frontiers in Genetics 8 (1): 2. doi:10.3389/fgene.2017.00002. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2017.00002.
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This commentary explores the hypothesis that when autoimmunity leads to a fall of beta cell mass during the progression of type 1 diabetes (T1D), rising glucose levels cause major changes in beta cell identity. This then leads to profound changes in secretory function and less well-understood changes in beta cell susceptibility to autoimmune destruction, which may influence of rate of progression of beta cell killing.
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Perspective, beta-cell biology, type 1 diabetes, autoimmunity, beta-cell identity, beta-cell function
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