New advances in the genetics and treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus and late diabetic complications /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chistiakov, Dimitry A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Biomedical Books, [2007]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Type 1 diabetes mellitus: classification, diagnosis, clinical symptoms and management
  • Type 1 diabetes: epidemiology
  • Non-genetic risk factors in susceptibility to type 1 diabetes
  • Prediabetes and islet autoimmunity: islet self-antibodies and mechanisms of the breakage of peripheral self-tolerance
  • Evidence for the role of genetic factors in the etiology of type 1 diabetes from family and twin studies
  • Tools to map and identify susceptibility genes for complex diseases
  • Utility of animal models in genetic analysis of susceptibility to type 1 diabetes
  • Genetics of type 1 diabetes: a role of HLA
  • Genetics of type 1 diabetes: role of non-HLA genes
  • Shared genetic susceptibility to type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases
  • Current approaches in the treatment of type 1 diabetes: pancreatic islet [beta] cell replacement
  • Prediction of type 1 diabetes.