Type 1 diabetes vaccine candidates promote human Foxp3+Treg induction in humanized mice

Type 1 diabetes is associated with the loss of self-tolerance to the insulin-producing β-cells in the pancreas. Here the authors show that vaccination with insulin mimetopes can induce human insulin-specific regulatory T cells to mediate tolerance in a humanized mouse model.

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Main Authors: Isabelle Serr, Rainer W. Fürst, Peter Achenbach, Martin G. Scherm, Füsun Gökmen, Florian Haupt, Eva-Maria Sedlmeier, Annette Knopff, Leonard Shultz, Richard A. Willis, Anette-Gabriele Ziegler, Carolin Daniel
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/384e9f53afaf4353a75ebc119a70470f
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