Latent Autoimmune Diabetes (LADA) - Glossary

Glossary

Autoimmune disease: Disease where the person's immune system produces proteins (antibodies) that cause damage and destruction of his or her own tissues

Insulin: Hormone secreted by beta cells of the pancreatic islets; essential to metabolize glucose

Autoantibody: Protein produced by the immune system that mistakenly recognizes body's own tissues as foreign and damages and destroys them

Gestational: To do with pregnancy