Bacillus Calmette-Guerin 's beneficial impact on glucose metabolism: Evidence for broad based applications

Summary: Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccinations improve glycemic control in juvenile-onset Type I diabetes (T1D), an effect driven by restored sugar transport through aerobic glycolysis. In a pilot clinical trial, T1D, but not latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA), exhibited lower blood s...

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Main Authors: Gabriella F. Shpilsky, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Anna Aristarkhova, Michele Weil, Nathan Ng, Kacie J. Nelson, Amanda Lee, Hui Zheng, Willem M. Kühtreiber, Denise L. Faustman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-10-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221011184