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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A type of immune system cell plays a key role in the development of type-2 diabetes, research suggests.
Neutrophils, which normally attack bacteria and other foreign invaders, also secrete a protein that promotes insulin resistance, scientists found.
The condition, which occurs when the body stops responding to the blood sugar-regulating hormone insulin, is one of the main features of type-2 diabetes.
Neutrophils appear to promote chronic low-grade inflammation, increasing the chances of insulin resistance.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/uk...FzOgc4hr-PnWXe_lw?docId=N0256991344123570192A
Neutrophils, which normally attack bacteria and other foreign invaders, also secrete a protein that promotes insulin resistance, scientists found.
The condition, which occurs when the body stops responding to the blood sugar-regulating hormone insulin, is one of the main features of type-2 diabetes.
Neutrophils appear to promote chronic low-grade inflammation, increasing the chances of insulin resistance.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/uk...FzOgc4hr-PnWXe_lw?docId=N0256991344123570192A