B Cell Tolerance
Our ultimate goal is to prevent the immune system attacking the insulin producing beta cells of the pancreas, which leads to type 1 diabetes (T1D). Our research aims to identify the faulty mechanisms that allow the B cells that recognise beta cell proteins to persist and thus activate the destructive T cells. We also aim to identify novel genes that control the generation and function of this aberrant population of B cells, findings that could form the basis for new early stage therapies in T1D susceptible humans.
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 PhD StudentJessica Stolp |
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The cell dance that can lead to Type 1 diabetes
MEDIA RELEASE:
26 Oct 2010
Australian scientists have moved a step closer to understanding how immune cells (B cells and T cells) come together in a perilous dance that leads to Type 1 diabetes.
