Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is rising steadily around the globe, including Armenia. It is one of the most common autoimmune and metabolic disorders in pediatric population, resulting from autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β-cells leading to insulin deficiency. Gut microbiota (GM) is reportedly involved in the pathogenesis of T1DM likely by influencing the immune response with the help of arginine-metabolizing enzymes. Arginase i...

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) is one of the most frequent autoimmune and metabolic disorders in childhood and youth, developing due to autoimmune destruction of β-cells, which leads to an absolute insulin deficiency. Accumulating data suggest that gut microbiota (GM) may contribute to the pathogenesis of diabetes influencing the immune response, in which arginine-metabolizing enzymes are involved, particularly arginase. We examined the connection between GM and cyt...