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. 2018 Feb;15(2):85-87.
doi: 10.1038/cmi.2017.56. Epub 2017 Jul 10.

Dietary therapy may be sufficient for type 1 diabetes treatment

Shuoyang Liu  1 , Xin Chen  1
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Dietary therapy may be sufficient for type 1 diabetes treatment

Shuoyang Liu et al. Cell Mol Immunol. 2018 Feb.
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Complete inhibition of diabetes in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice through combined acetate and butyrate ingestion. As the major components of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), acetate potently inhibits autoreactive T cells, whereas butyrate promotes Treg activity. The combination of acetate and butyrate completely protect NOD mice from the development of the disease. This effect of acetate and butyrate may be therapeutically harnessed in the prevention and treatment of T1D and other autoimmune diseases in human.
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