| Literature DB >> 25093746 |
Jody Ye1, Marta Vives-Pi2, Kathleen M Gillespie1.
Abstract
Increased levels of non-inherited maternal HLA alleles have been detected in the periphery of children with type 1 diabetes and an increased frequency of maternal cells have been identified in type 1 diabetes pancreas. It is now clear that the phenotype of these cells is pancreatic, supporting the hypothesis that maternal cells in human pancreas are derived from multipotent maternal progenitors. Here we hypothesize how increased levels of maternal cells could play a role in islet autoimmunity.Entities:
Keywords: maternal microchimerism; type 1 diabetes
Mesh:
Substances:
Year: 2014 PMID: 25093746 PMCID: PMC4199804 DOI: 10.4161/chim.29870
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chimerism ISSN: 1938-1964