Abstract:Human type 1 diabetes mellitus occurs due to chronic inflammation with lymphocytic infiltration and (usually) the presence of antibodies against insulin and characteristic islet cell proteins (e.g., GAD). This autoimmune process destroys the islets of Langerhans (including the beta cells) leading to insulin insufficiency. In several studies to date diabetes in the non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse model of human type 1 diabetes has either been prevented or reversed by allogeneic transplantation of stem cells deri… Show more
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