Gut Immunity and Type 1 Diabetes: a Mélange of Microbes, Diet, and Host Interactions?

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Endesfelder, David ^a   Engel, Marion ^a   zu Castell, Wolfgang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Diet; Environmental factors; Gut microbiome; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PANCREAS ISLET CELL ANTIBODY; PREBIOTIC AGENT; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BREAST FEEDING; COEVOLUTION; COMMENSAL; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; DYSBIOSIS; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BREAST FEEDING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS;

EID: 84966365305     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-016-0753-3     Document Type: Review

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