Type 1 diabetes, Immunology, Molecular biology, Cell biology, Intestinal permeability, Pancreas stereology, Laboratory animal science
Understanding the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes (and type 2 diabetes), including how environmental factors like gluten contribute to the disease(s). Special interests include:
-prenatal nutrition and fetal programming
-epigenetics
-the immune system
-intestinal permeability
-morphological changes of the intestine and pancreas
-association between celiac disease and type 1 diabetes
-salivary glands and saliva
-association between neuropsychiatric diseases and type 1 diabetes
Unraveling how increased intestinal permeability is involved in type 1 diabetes.
Lipidomic profiling of body fluids, aiming at identifying defects and biomarkers specific for type 1 diabetes.
Understanding the association between neuropsychiatric diseases and type 1 diabetes by investigating changes in the central nervous system in animal models.