Fighting Fire with Fiber: Preventing T Cell Infiltration in Diabetes

Publication date: 5 July 2017
Source:Cell Metabolism, Volume 26, Issue 1
Author(s): Sydney Lavoie, Wendy S. Garrett
Diet can alter the gut microbiota and shift its production of metabolites, which affect systemic immune function. In Nature Immunology, Mariño et al. (2017) explore diet-gut microbiome interactions in type 1 diabetes and identify mechanisms by which short-chain fatty acids prevent T cell destruction of pancreatic β-cells.

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Diet can alter the gut microbiota and shift its production of metabolites, which affect systemic immune function. In Nature Immunology, Mariño et al. (2017) explore diet-gut microbiome interactions in type 1 diabetes and identify mechanisms by which short-chain fatty acids prevent T cell destruction of pancreatic β-cells.


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