Category: Current nPOD Projects

Role of pericytes in innate immune responses in pancreatic islets

Vascular defects are present in islets during stages 1 and 2 of type 1 diabetes, when symptomatic disease has not yet developed. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying vascular dysfunction and they link with autoimmunity have not been identified. This knowledge is crucial to understand T1D pathogenesis. In this proposal we plan to start […]