Measuring gene expression changes over time may help predict T1D diabetes progression

(University of South Florida (USF Health)) New research suggests that measuring how patterns of gene expression in white blood cells change in children starting in infancy - before autoantibodies appear indicating an autoimmune reaction against pancreaticβ cells - can predict earlier and more robustly which genetically-susceptible individuals will progress to T1D. The international study, based on blood samples longitudinally collected from 400 children in The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) consortium, included co-investigators from the University of South Florida Health Informatics Institute.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news