A new method for prevention and cure of type 1 diabetes
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A new method for prevention and/or cure of type 1 diabetes
based on:
1° the intrathymic expression of IGF2 (Insulin-like growth
factor 2) as the dominant gene of the insulin family;
2° the defect of Igf2 expression in the thymus of animal model
of type 1 diabetes; and
3° the regulatory/tolerogenic profile of cytokine secretion
induced by DQ8 presentation of IGF-2 B11-25 in cultures of
PBMCs isolated from DQ8+ type 1 diabetic adolescents.
Potential applications :
Design of a novel type of tolerogenic (negative) vaccine to
inhibit the development of the autoimmune response selective
of insulin-secreting islet ß cells.
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