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Review
. 2017 May 15:114:256-265.
doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2017.06.007. Epub 2017 Jun 15.

Bioengineering strategies for inducing tolerance in autoimmune diabetes

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Bioengineering strategies for inducing tolerance in autoimmune diabetes

Steinunn Baekkeskov et al. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. .

Abstract

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease marked by the destruction of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreatic islets. Strategies to delay onset or prevent the autoimmune recognition of beta cell antigens or T cell-mediated killing of beta cells have mainly focused on systemic immunomodulation and antigen-specific immunotherapy. To bridge the fields of type 1 diabetes immunology and biomaterials engineering, this article will review recent trends in the etiology of type 1 diabetes immunopathology and will focus on the contributions of emerging bioengineered strategies in the fight against beta cell autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes.

Keywords: Autoimmunity; Biomaterials; Tolerance; Type 1 diabetes.

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