Assertion: diabetes's cell | /r/Synonym | beta cells
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text: During the development of Type 1 diabetes, the body’s immune system attacks certain cells (called beta cells) in the pancreas.
text: Type 2 diabetes is distinct from type 1 diabetes, which is an autoimmune disease that occurs when the insulin-producing cells (beta cells) of the pancreas are damaged and that organ makes little or no insulin.
text: It is caused by the body’s own immune system destroying the insulin-making cells (beta-cells) of the pancreas.
text: To keep up with the increasing need, insulin-producing cells in the pancreas (called beta cells) make larger amounts of insulin.
text: In type 1 diabetes, the cells which produce insulin, called beta cells, are attacked by the body's own immune system, again causing glucose to build up to high levels in the bloodstream.