Similarities Between Bacterial GAD and Human GAD65: Implications in Gut Mediated Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes
Suhana Bedi, Tiffany M. Richardson, Baofeng Jia, Hadeel Saab, Fiona S. L. Brinkman, Monica Westley
The paper identifies sequence and motif similarities between bacterial and human GAD65, suggesting a potential link between gut microbiome dysbiosis and T1D via immune cross-reactivity.
PLoS ONE · Feb 23, 2022Peer-reviewedGenomics