Understanding the Immune System in Diabetes
Diabetes Immune Monitoring Core
This project helps researchers understand how the immune system works in people with type 1, type 2, and type 3c diabetes.
Quick facts
| Grant type | P30 center grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Stanford University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Stanford, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11124686 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
This core facility offers specialized tools and expertise to researchers studying diabetes. It focuses on examining human immune cells from blood and tissues to understand their role in different forms of diabetes. By providing advanced instruments and standardized tests, the facility helps scientists explore how immune cells like B, NK, T, myeloid, and granulocytic cells behave in people with or at risk for diabetes. The core also collects and stores human tissue samples, including blood cells, serum, and bone marrow, from individuals with new-onset type 1 diabetes to support these important studies. This work aims to uncover new insights into the immune system's connection to diabetes.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: This core facility supports researchers who may be seeking samples from individuals with type 1, type 2, or type 3c diabetes, or those at risk for diabetes, to better understand the immune system.
Not a fit: Patients not involved in diabetes research or those whose conditions do not involve immune system aspects related to diabetes may not directly benefit from this specific core facility.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: By providing essential tools and resources, this core facility helps accelerate research that could lead to new ways to prevent, diagnose, or treat diabetes.
How similar studies have performed: Core facilities like this are essential infrastructure that enable numerous individual research projects, many of which have yielded successful findings in diabetes immunology.
Where this research is happening
Stanford, United States
- Stanford University — Stanford, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Maecker, Holden T. — Stanford University
- Study coordinator: Maecker, Holden T.
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.