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Diabetes Obes Metab
; 15 Suppl 3: 130-6, 2013 Sep.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24003929
RESUMO
ß-Cell failure is crucial for the onset and progression of human type 2 diabetes, and a few studies have suggested that inflammation may play a role. Immune cell infiltration has been reported in subpopulations of islets in some cases of human type 2 diabetes, and altered gene expression of a few cytokines and chemokines has been observed in isolated islets and laser captured ß-cells from diabetic subjects. Recent observations on the links between inflammation, apoptosis and autophagy are putting the focus on the possibility that modulating the autophagic processes could protect the ß-cells from cytotoxicity induced by inflammatory mediators.