BMIR researchers Atul Butte, MD, PhD, and Keiichi Kodama, MD, PhD, co-author a study with other Stanford colleagues, that takes an in-depth look at the genes responsible for type-1 diabetes.
According to the official Stanford press release, early-onset diabetes, also known as type-1 diabetes, is an autoimmune disease, caused when the immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing cells in a person’s pancreas.
The study, published in the November issue of Clinical Immunology, shows that the immune response causing type-1 diabetes apparently has less to do with having a distinct set of gene variants than how the behavior of genes may differ in people with the disease.
Please read the full Stanford Press Release for more information.