VTT identified specific bacteria which precede autoimmune diabetes

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland ^ | October 28, 2011

[decimon]

New potential avenues for early disease detection and prevention

A study led by Matej Orešič from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland suggests that autoimmune diabetes is preceded by diminished gut microbial diversity of the Clostridium leptum subgroup, elevated plasma leptin and enhanced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion.

In collaboration with the DIPP - Finnish Type 1 Diabetes and Prediction study, VTT researches have previously found that specific metabolic disturbances precede early β-cell autoimmunity markers in children who subsequently progress to type 1 diabetes. However, the question remained what are the environmental causes and tissue-specific mechanisms leading to these disturbances?

Matej Orešič from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and collaborators Eriika Savontaus from the University of Turku, Samuel Kaski from Aalto University and Mikael Knip from the University of Helsinki set out to address this question, and the results were published on October 27, 2011 in PLoS Computational Biology journal.

[decimon]

Ping

[decimon]

http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pcbi.1002257

[quintr]

later

[grey_whiskers]

Whoops, that's of *REAL* interest.

Will read it tomorrow.

Thanks, decimon.

Cheers!

[neverdem]

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Comment# 3 links the article. Thanks decimon.

[muawiyah]

Adults who develop Type I have reported these phenomena ~

[texas booster]

Thanks! I'll look at this later.

TB