Thymic B Cell-Mediated Attack of Thymic Stroma Precedes Type 1 Diabetes Development

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from a coordinated autoimmune attack of insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas by the innate and adaptive immune systems, beta cell death being predominantly T cell-mediated. In addition to T cells, peripheral B cells are important in T1D progression. The thymus o...

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Main Authors: Ana Isabel Pinto, Jennifer Smith, Miriam R. Kissack, Karen G. Hogg, E. Allison Green
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.01281/full