Type I Diabetes-Associated Tolerogenic Properties of Interleukin-2

Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) results from insulin-producing beta cells destruction by diabetogenic T lymphocytes in humans and nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice. The breakdown of tolerance has been associated with a defect in the number and the function of naturally occurring regulatory T cells (nTreg) that are...

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Published in:Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Main Authors: Aziz Alami Chentoufi, Simon Gaudreau, Alex Nguyen, Mahmoud Sabha, Abdelaziz Amrani, Geyhad ElGhazali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/289343