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    A1 beta-casein milk protein and other environmental pre-disposing factors for type 1 diabetes

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    Chia, JSJ; McRae, JL; Kukuljan, S; Woodford, K; Elliott, RB; Swinburn, B; Dwyer, KM
    Date
    2017-05-15
    Source Title
    Nutrition and Diabetes
    Publisher
    NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Dwyer, Karen
    Affiliation
    Medicine and Radiology
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    Document Type
    Journal Article
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    Chia, J. S. J., McRae, J. L., Kukuljan, S., Woodford, K., Elliott, R. B., Swinburn, B. & Dwyer, K. M. (2017). A1 beta-casein milk protein and other environmental pre-disposing factors for type 1 diabetes. NUTRITION & DIABETES, 7 (5), https://doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2017.16.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/259431
    DOI
    10.1038/nutd.2017.16
    Abstract
    Globally type 1 diabetes incidence is increasing. It is widely accepted that the pathophysiology of type 1 diabetes is influenced by environmental factors in people with specific human leukocyte antigen haplotypes. We propose that a complex interplay between dietary triggers, permissive gut factors and potentially other influencing factors underpins disease progression. We present evidence that A1 β-casein cows' milk protein is a primary causal trigger of type 1 diabetes in individuals with genetic risk factors. Permissive gut factors (for example, aberrant mucosal immunity), intervene by impacting the gut's environment and the mucosal barrier. Various influencing factors (for example, breastfeeding duration, exposure to other dietary triggers and vitamin D) modify the impact of triggers and permissive gut factors on disease. The power of the dominant trigger and permissive gut factors on disease is influenced by timing, magnitude and/or duration of exposure. Within this framework, removal of a dominant dietary trigger may profoundly affect type 1 diabetes incidence. We present epidemiological, animal-based, in vitro and theoretical evidence for A1 β-casein and its β-casomorphin-7 derivative as dominant causal triggers of type 1 diabetes. The effects of ordinary milk containing A1 and A2 β-casein and milk containing only the A2 β-casein warrant comparison in prospective trials.

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