Strategies in Immunotherapy of Insulin‐Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
- 1 November 1993
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 696 (1) , 364-376
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb17172.x
Abstract
Complete and definitive prevention of diabetes obtained in animal models by using a number of diversified maneuvers has elicited major hope for immunoprevention of the disease in man. Therapeutic trials of immunosuppressive drugs in human IDDM have opened the way towards prevention or cure of the disease. Difficulties encountered, including requirement for chronic immunosuppression and risk of metabolic relapses, suggest two complementary approaches: precocious intervention based on early and reliable disease prediction, and tolerance-inducing regimens, hopefully using shorter and innocuous therapy. Animal data suggest that this is indeed an achievable goal.Keywords
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