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. 2018 Mar 10;19(3):794. doi: 10.3390/ijms19030794
DM Diabetes Mellitus
T1D Type 1 Diabetes
T2D Type 2 Diabetes
GDM Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
HLA Human leukocyte antigen
PTPN22 Protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 22
IL-2RA Interleukin 2-receptor alpha
GWAS Genome wide association studies
SNP Single nucleotide polymorphism
GAD65 Glutamic acid decarboxylase isoform 65
IA-2 Tyrosine phosphatase-like insulinoma-associated antigen
IGRP Islet-specific glucose-6—phosphatase catalytic subunit-related protein
TCR T cell receptor
Th T helper
Treg T regulatory cells
IL Interleukin
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor α
IFN Interferon
Foxp3 Forkhead box P3
BCR B cell receptor
NO Nitric oxide
DC Dendritic cells
APC Antigen-presenting cell
pDC Plasmocytoid dendritic cell
NK Natural killer
NKT NK-like T
KIR Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor
HSC Hematopoietic stem cell
GM-CSF Granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor
MIP Macrophage inflammatory protein
NKR NK receptor
MHC Major Histocompatibility Complex
MHC I Major Histocompatibility Complex class I
NOD Non obese diabetic
CTLA-4 Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4
CD62L L-selecting
CTL Cytotoxic T lymphocyte
PBMC Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
LADA Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults
NCR Natural cytotoxicity receptor
KLRC3 Kinase light chain 3
ILT2 Ig-like transcript 2
HCMV Human cytomegalovirus
PC Plasma cell