Description

Overview:

This presentations discuss diabetes as an disease of the pancreatic beta cell, in continuation of this, we’ll discuss what causes beta cell failure in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Furthermore we’ll discuss the innate immune system and the beta cell failure, and inflammatory mediators as therapeutic targets of type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Course responsible: Associate Professor Signe Sørensen Torekov, MD Nicolai Wewer Albrechtsen & Professor Jens Juul Holst

Subject:

Health, Medicine and Nursing

Level:

High School, Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division, Graduate / Professional, Career / Technical, Adult Education

Material Type:

Lecture

Author:

Professor Thomas Mandrup-Poulsen

Provider:

University of Copenhagen Department of Biomedical Science

Provider Set:

Diabetes - A Global Challenge

Date Added:

01/07/2014