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Intestinal alkaline phosphatase at the crossroad of intestinal health and disease - a putative role in type 1 diabetes.

M I LasseniusC L FogartyM BlautK HaimilaL RiittinenA PajuJ KirveskariJ JärveläA J AholaD GordinM-A HärmaA KumarS R HamarnehR A HodinT SorsaT TervahartialaS HörkköP J PussinenC ForsblomM JauhiainenM-R TaskinenP-H GroopMarkku Lehtonull null
Published in: Journal of internal medicine (2017)
Deprivation of protective intestinal factors may increase the risk of inflammation in the gut - a phenomenon that seems to be present already in patients with uncomplicated type 1 diabetes. Low levels of intestinal IgA and antibodies to oxidized lipid epitopes may predispose such patients to inflammation-driven complications such as cardiovascular disease and diabetic nephropathy. Importantly, oral IAP supplementation could have beneficial therapeutic effects on gut metabolic homeostasis, possibly through stimulation of intestinal IgA secretion.
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