Characterization of Diabetogenic CD8+ T Cells IMMUNE THERAPY WITH METABOLIC BLOCKADE*
Garyu JW, Uduman M, Stewart A, Rui J, Deng S, Shenson J, Staron MM, Kaech SM, Kleinstein SH, Herold KC. Characterization of Diabetogenic CD8+ T Cells IMMUNE THERAPY WITH METABOLIC BLOCKADE*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2016, 291: 11230-11240. PMID: 26994137, PMCID: PMC4900270, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.713362.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrediabetic NOD miceNOD miceT cellsDiabetogenic CD8Reactive cellsMemory precursor effector cellsType 1 diabetes mellitusΒ-cellsGlucose tolerance deterioratesAutoreactive T cellsHyperglycemic NOD miceInsulin-producing β-cellsAutoimmune effectorsAutoimmune diabetesReactive CD8Glucose intoleranceDiabetes mellitusEffector cellsImmune therapyMetabolic disturbancesTolerance deterioratesDisease progressionInsulin pelletsSubset of cellsConventional antigensMethylation of insulin DNA in response to proinflammatory cytokines during the progression of autoimmune diabetes in NOD mice
Rui J, Deng S, Lebastchi J, Clark PL, Usmani-Brown S, Herold KC. Methylation of insulin DNA in response to proinflammatory cytokines during the progression of autoimmune diabetes in NOD mice. Diabetologia 2016, 59: 1021-1029. PMID: 26910463, PMCID: PMC4826795, DOI: 10.1007/s00125-016-3897-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsulin gene expressionGene expressionQuantitative real-time RT-PCRMethylation marksInsulin geneNOD miceBeta cellsDNA methyltransferasesDisease progressionAims/hypothesisType 1 diabetesIns2 geneInsulin DNAMethylationReal-time RT-PCRGenesBeta-cell functionExon 1Human beta cellsBeta-cell massPancreatic beta cellsType 1 diabetesMethyltransferasesEffects of cytokinesExon 2Cell mass