Journal of Clinical and Cellular Immunology

Journal of Clinical and Cellular Immunology
Open Access

ISSN: 2155-9899

Research Article - (2013) Volume 0, Issue 0

Type 1 Diabetic Children and Siblings Share a Decrease in Dendritic Cell and Monocyte Numbers but are Differentiated by Expansion of CD4+T Cells Expressing IL-17

Andrew Wilkinson1, Lei Bian1, Dalia Khalil1, Kristen Gibbons1, Pooi-Fong Wong2, Derek N.J. Hart3, Mark Harris4, Andrew Cotterill4 and Slavica Vuckovic1,5*
1Mater Medical Research Institute, Aubigny Place, Raymond Terrace, Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia
2Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3ANZAC Research Institute, Sydney, NSW 2139, Australia
4Endocrinology Department, Mater Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia
5Faculty of Health Science, The University of Queensland, QLD 4029, Australia
*Corresponding Author: Slavica Vuckovic, PhD, Mater Medical Research Institute, Aubigny Place, Raymond Terrace,South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia, Tel: 61731632563, Fax: 61731632555 Email:

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