Chronic Hyperglycemia Drives Functional Impairment of Lymphocytes in Diabetic INSC94Y Transgenic Pigs

People with diabetes mellitus have an increased risk for infections, however, there is still a critical gap in precise knowledge about altered immune mechanisms in this disease. Since diabetic INSC94Y transgenic pigs exhibit elevated blood glucose and a stable diabetic phenotype soon after birth, th...

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Main Authors: Isabella-Maria Giese, Marie-Christin Schilloks, Roxane L. Degroote, Maria Weigand, Simone Renner, Eckhard Wolf, Stefanie M. Hauck, Cornelia A. Deeg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2020.607473/full