Held in Japan in October 2005, the 8th Immunology of Diabetes Society meeting brought together researchers from around the world to discuss recent developments in this rapidly advancing field. This proceedings volume opens with a description of the formation and efforts of the Type 1 Diabetes Genetics Consortium. A number of the papers that follow focus specifically on the genetics and epidemiology of type 1 diabetes in Asia, which is believed to be etiologically different from its Western counterpart. Other topics include (for example) new diagnostic criteria for slowly progressive type 1 diabetes (SPIDDM) and various possibilities for diabetes prediction and prevention. The volume lacks a subject index. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The incidence of diabetes in increasing all over the world and has become a major public health problem. This volume brings together reports from scientists working in the fields of immunology genetics that that report on basic research as well as current approaches to treatment in the clinic.
Reports from workshops on autoantibodies and T cells are included, as are chapters covering target autoantigens, innate immunity in type 1 diabetes, fluminant type 1 diabetes, and the role of viral infections in type 1 diabetes. The genetics of LADA and SPIDDM are presented as well as a comparison of their immunoepidemiology and immunopathological features. A section on genetics and the characteristics of susceptible genes concludes the basic research.
The clinical topices covered include islet regeneration and the use of stem cells in mediating tolerance for type 1 diabetes prevention. Reports on the progress on islet transplantation conclude the volume.
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