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CURRENT DIABETES REPORTS
Volume 15, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
CURRENT MEDICINE GROUP
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-015-0654-x
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Type 1 diabetes; Beta cell; Enterovirus; Coxsackievirus
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- EU-FP7 DIAPREPP
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.)
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from genetic predisposition and environmental factors leading to the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells. Recently, a rapid increase in the incidence of childhood T1D has been observed worldwide; this is too fast to be explained by genetic factors alone, pointing to the spreading of environmental factors linked to the disease. Enteroviruses (EVs) are perhaps the most investigated environmental agents in relationship to the pathogenesis of T1D. While several studies point to the likelihood of such correlation, epidemiological evidence in its support is inconclusive or in some instances even against it. Hence, it is still unknown if and how EVs are involved in the development of T1D. Here we review recent findings concerning the biology of EV in beta cells and the potential implications of this knowledge for the understanding of beta cell dysfunction and autoimmune destruction in T1D.
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