Sentences with phrase «destroying islet cells»

A number of mechanisms are responsible for decreased insulin secretion or resistance, but most involve destroying islet cells, the cells of the pancreas that produce insulin.

Other developing therapies for type 1 diabetes either target the autoimmune condition or look to replace the destroyed islet cells, but not both together.

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Usually, the body's own immune system — which normally fights harmful bacteria and viruses — mistakenly destroys the insulin - producing (islet, or islets of Langerhans) cells in the pancreas.

Once a significant number of islet cells are destroyed, you'll produce little or no insulin.

Diabetes researchers are considering various replacements for insulin injections: Transplanting new pancreatic islet cells that make insulin, coaxing the patient's own islets to regenerate, or treating diabetics early in the disease with immune - suppressing therapies to prevent their body from destroying the rest of their pancreatic islets.

In type 1 diabetes, the immune system attacks and destroys insulin - producing cells in the islets of the pancreas.

* 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 cells).

The islet cells in these animals are destroyed and can not produce insulin.

Diabetes occurs when pancreatic islet cells called beta cells are destroyed.