Interleukin-6: a possible inflammatory link between vitiligo and type 1 diabetes.

In conclusion, this is the first study to show an inflammatory link between vitiligo and T1D. The data conclude that IL-6 plays an important role in the pathogenesis of Vt-T1D patients and is likely to gain favour as a therapeutic target in these patients. PMID: 25562992 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: British Journal of Biomedical Science - Category: Laboratory Medicine Tags: Br J Biomed Sci Source Type: research