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. 2015 Mar 25;2015:326918. doi: 10.1155/2015/326918

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Susceptibility genes and environmental triggers in development and progression of type 1 diabetes. In genetically susceptible individuals, different classes of environmental exposures such as diet, infection, and pollutants lead to increase in peripheral and mucosal inflammation causing leaky gut and aberrant immune reaction towards pancreatic β-cells.