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DR. MAUSETH:
Now, remember that picture we
had a while back of the islet cells, where the
islet cells had around them the blood vessels, the one possibility is that
there are the platelets and you get sluggishness of the
cells in those islets or in that vascular
structure around that islet. And that may be
one of the causes of the damage.
There's another possibility that
it's free radical accumulation. And free
radicals are by-products of toxins that can occur
within the cell. And if the cell is injured
that can happen. You can also have endothelial
toxins, which you've already heard about. And
the other possibility is whether there was an
injury and then you're having the autoimmune
reaction to the body actually fighting it off.
This is all speculation. We
don't have -- it hasn't been studied real well
and the major concern here is that -- that you
have good follow-up on these patients.
