Bioengineering strategies for inducing tolerance in autoimmune diabetes

Steinunn Baekkeskov, Jeffrey A. Hubbell, Edward A. Phelps

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Abstract

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease marked by the destruction of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreatic islets. Strategies to delay onset or prevent the autoimmune recognition of beta cell antigens or T cell-mediated killing of beta cells have mainly focused on systemic immunomodulation and antigen-specific immunotherapy. To bridge the fields of type 1 diabetes immunology and biomaterials engineering, this article will review recent trends in the etiology of type 1 diabetes immunopathology and will focus on the contributions of emerging bioengineered strategies in the fight against beta cell autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)256-265
Number of pages10
JournalAdvanced Drug Delivery Reviews
Volume114
DOIs
StatePublished - May 15 2017

Keywords

  • Autoimmunity
  • Biomaterials
  • Tolerance
  • Type 1 diabetes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pharmaceutical Science

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