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Triggers Causing Type 1 Diabetes

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Therapeutic Perspectives in Type-1 Diabetes

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The precise cause(s) of T1D are not fully understood to the researchers; however, it appears to be a combination of several factors which includes genetics as well as environment. It is observed that children with parents or sibling with T1D has 2–6 % risk compared to a risk of about 0.4 % in general population. Other autoimmune diseases, such as thyroid disease and celiac disease make a patient more prone to develop T1D. Furthermore, it is observed that certain ethnicities across the world are at greater risk to develop the disease compared to other. For example: Caucasians in America are more susceptible compared to African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Latinos.

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  1. School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Prachi Singh

  2. Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Ganesh R. Kokil, Karnaker R. Tupally & Harendra S. Parekh

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Kingshuk Poddar

  4. University College London, London, UK

    Aaron Tan

  5. Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Venky Venkatesan

  6. Faculty of Engineering/Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Giorgia Pastorin

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Singh, P. et al. (2016). Triggers Causing Type 1 Diabetes. In: Therapeutic Perspectives in Type-1 Diabetes. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0602-9_2

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