Immunotherapy for Type 1 Diabetes: Why Do Current Protocols Not Halt the Underlying Disease Process?

Kolb, Hubert; von Herrath, Matthias · Cell Metab · 2017

review · Level V

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Abstract

T cell-directed immunosuppression only transiently delays the loss of β cell function in recent-onset type 1 diabetes. We argue here that the underlying disease process is carried by innate immune reactivity. Inducing a non-polarized functional state of local innate immunity will support regulatory T cell development and β cell proliferation.

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