Category: Current nPOD Projects

Analysis of type 1 interferon responses to rotavirus in patients with type 1 diabetes

Rotavirus infection of children at-risk of type 1 diabetes is associated with disease progression. Similarly, infection of adult non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice with Rhesus monkey rotavirus RRV accelerates diabetes onset. This acceleration correlates with RRV spread to the mesenteric and pancreatic lymph nodes, where virus associates with and activates dendritic cells and induces B and […]