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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The connection between fat, bacteria, and diabetes is inflammation, which is the body's normal reaction to infection or injury.
However, inflammation is beneficial in small, controlled doses but can be very harmful when it persists and becomes chronic.
Senior author Patrick Schlievert, Ph.D., UI professor and head of microbiology, said that the idea is that when fat cells (adipocytes) interact with environmental agents-in this case, bacterial toxins-they then trigger a chronic inflammatory process.
http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail9/story138820/how-bacteria-can-cause-diabetes.html
However, inflammation is beneficial in small, controlled doses but can be very harmful when it persists and becomes chronic.
Senior author Patrick Schlievert, Ph.D., UI professor and head of microbiology, said that the idea is that when fat cells (adipocytes) interact with environmental agents-in this case, bacterial toxins-they then trigger a chronic inflammatory process.
http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail9/story138820/how-bacteria-can-cause-diabetes.html