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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10991 |