Sentences with phrase «against cells in the pancreas»

This is a faint echo of what happens inside the body of someone developing diabetes: Their T cells are activated against cells in the pancreas much as they would be against a foreign invader, like a virus.

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The researchers, therefore, wanted to study whether the vaccine also increased the risk of developing autoantibodies against beta cells in the pancreas and the occurrence of type 1 diabetes.

* In type 1 diabetes, the insulin - producing cells in the Langerhans islets of the pancreas are destroyed because they are attacked by the body's immune system (formation of islet autoantibodies against structures of the beta cellsIn type 1 diabetes, the insulin - producing cells in the Langerhans islets of the pancreas are destroyed because they are attacked by the body's immune system (formation of islet autoantibodies against structures of the beta cellsin the Langerhans islets of the pancreas are destroyed because they are attacked by the body's immune system (formation of islet autoantibodies against structures of the beta cells).

Scientific theories consider that the entrance of food antigens into the systemic body through the tight junctions may cause an auto - immune reaction against the beta cells in the pancreas.