Adult-onset autoimmune diabetes

Buzzetti, Raffaella, Maddaloni, Ernesto, Gaglia, Jason Gaglia, Leslie, R. David, Wong, F. Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2812-8845 and Boehm, Bernhard O. 2022. Adult-onset autoimmune diabetes. Nature Reviews Disease Primers 8 , 63. 10.1038/s41572-022-00390-6

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Abstract

Adult-onset autoimmune (AOA) diabetes pathophysiology starts with immune changes, followed by dysglycaemia and overt disease. AOA diabetes can occur as classic type 1 diabetes when associated with severe loss of insulin secretion. More frequently, it is diagnosed as latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, a slowly progressing form with late onset, a long period not requiring insulin, and it is often misdiagnosed as type 2 diabetes. As its clinical presentation varies remarkably and immune markers often lack specificity, it is challenging to classify each case ad hoc, especially when insulin treatment is not required at diagnosis. Proper care of AOA diabetes aims to prevent complications and to improve quality of life and life expectancy. To achieve these goals, attention should be paid to lifestyle factors, with the aid of pharmacological therapies properly tailored to each individual clinical setting. Given the heterogeneity of the disease, choosing the right therapy for AOA diabetes is challenging. Most of the trials testing disease-modifying therapies for autoimmune diabetes are conducted in people with childhood onset, whereas non-insulin diabetes therapies have mostly been studied in the larger population with type 2 diabetes. More randomized controlled trials of therapeutic agents in AOA diabetes are needed.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Publisher:	Nature Research
ISSN:	2056-676X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	8 November 2022
Date of Acceptance:	11 August 2022
Last Modified:	03 May 2023 03:39
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/154054

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