title: Latent (slowly progressing) autoimmune diabetes in adults.
abstract: About 10% of patients with the clinical presentation of type 2 diabetes suffer from an autoimmune form of diabetes associated with a rapid decline of residual beta-cell mass and subsequent development of insulin dependency. In this condition, called latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA), there are clinical and metabolic features intermediate between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Recent studies provide novel information on the immune markers associated with progressive beta-cell loss in LADA patients. However, LADA pathogenesis is still poorly understood; further studies are needed to establish general recommendation for preventing and treating this subtype of autoimmune diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Center, Medical Clinic Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Ziemssenstrasse 1, München 80336, Germany. jochen.seissler@med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seissler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies