Researchers identify a cellular pathway that causes pancreatic beta cells to die in type 1 diabetes – News-Medical.Net

Researchers identify a cellular pathway that causes pancreatic beta cells to die in type 1 diabetes – News-Medical.Net: “The common thought for type 1 diabetes is that it autoimmune,” says Fiorina. “But immunotherapy doesn’t completely cure diabetes. We think that dysregulation of beta cell homeostasis also plays a role and that IGFBP3 acts as a ‘betatoxin.'”