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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Researchers have for the first time observed immune cells in the pancreas of a type 1 diabetes patient, allowing them to watch as the cells attack and destroy the body's insulin-producing molecules.
Dr Stuart Mannering, an immunologist at St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, said the breakthrough was like catching the misbehaving immune cells at the scene of the crime.
The body's immune cells are not meant to attack the islet cells, which produce the insulin needed to regulate blood-sugar levels.
In type 1 diabetes patients, the islet cells, found in the pancreas, are mistakenly attacked by immune cells. Because the body cannot produce enough insulin, patients then have to administer insulin injections and carefully monitor their blood-sugar levels.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sc...t-the-scene-of-the-crime-20140825-1085s3.html
Interesting 🙂 So, what exactly is C-Peptide for, I've often wondered.
Dr Stuart Mannering, an immunologist at St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, said the breakthrough was like catching the misbehaving immune cells at the scene of the crime.
The body's immune cells are not meant to attack the islet cells, which produce the insulin needed to regulate blood-sugar levels.
In type 1 diabetes patients, the islet cells, found in the pancreas, are mistakenly attacked by immune cells. Because the body cannot produce enough insulin, patients then have to administer insulin injections and carefully monitor their blood-sugar levels.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sc...t-the-scene-of-the-crime-20140825-1085s3.html
Interesting 🙂 So, what exactly is C-Peptide for, I've often wondered.
