›› 2015, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (11): 3099-3104.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2015.11.040

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Research Progress on Stem Cell Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

FAN Ya-nan1,2, GUAN Wei-jun1, LIU Xue-dong2   

  1. 1. Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China;
    2. College of Wildlife Resource, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
  • Received:2015-06-10 Online:2015-11-20 Published:2015-11-26

Abstract: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic disease,which has an inherited tendency.T1DM is an insulin-dependent diabetes.Insulin-secreting β-cells of patients with T1DM are selectively and irreversibly destroyed by autoimmune,so that these cells lose their function to secrete insulin.Traditional methods to cure T1DM include insulin injections and pancreas islet transplantation.Recently with the development of stem cells technique,we can get insulin-secreting β-cells from different types of stem cells.These new techniques have provided a new chance to heal T1DM.The review summarizes thepathophysiology of T1DM and we also show some new advances in stem-cell-based approaches that could be applied to treat diabetes in the future.

Key words: stem cell; type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM); insulin-producing cell

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