Journal article

Type 1 diabetes: a disease of developmental origins

JE Phillips, JJ Couper, MAS Penno, LC Harrison, H Anderson, E Bandala-Sanchez, SC Barry, T Baskerville, R Battersby, NG Bediaga, D Bezuidenhout, E Brownrigg, J Catteau, A Choo, PG Colman, A Cotterill, ME Craig, S Curran, EA Davis, JM Dodd Show all

Pediatric Diabetes | WILEY-HINDAWI | Published : 2017

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Abstract

The incidence of type 1 diabetes globally has increased dramatically over the last 50 years. Proposed environmental reasons for this increase mirror the modern lifestyle. Type 1 diabetes can be viewed as part of the non- communicable disease epidemic in our modern society. Meanwhile rapidly evolving new technologies are advancing our understanding of how human microbial communities interface with the immune system and metabolism, and how the modern pro-inflammatory environment is changing these communities and contributing to the rapid rise of non-communicable disease. The majority of children who present with clinical type 1 diabetes are of school age; however 80% of children who develop ty..

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