2016
Methylation 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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnimalsCytokinesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1DNADNA MethylationFemaleHumansInsulinInsulin-Secreting CellsMiceMice, Inbred NODConceptsInsulin 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
2013
Immune Therapy and β-Cell Death in Type 1 Diabetes
Lebastchi J, Deng S, Lebastchi AH, Beshar I, Gitelman S, Willi S, Gottlieb P, Akirav EM, Bluestone JA, Herold KC. Immune Therapy and β-Cell Death in Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes 2013, 62: 1676-1680. PMID: 23423576, PMCID: PMC3636605, DOI: 10.2337/db12-1207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedC-PeptideCD3 ComplexCytotoxicity Tests, ImmunologicCytotoxicity, ImmunologicDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1DNA MethylationFemaleHumansHypoglycemic AgentsImmunologic FactorsImmunotherapyInsulinInsulin SecretionInsulin-Secreting CellsIslets of LangerhansMalePostprandial PeriodYoung AdultConceptsRecent-onset T1DΒ-cell deathΒ-cellsNondiabetic subjectsImmune therapyType 1 diabetes resultsAnti-CD3 monoclonal antibodyUnmethylated INS DNAC-peptide responseNondiabetic control subjectsΒ-cell functionInsulin-producing β-cellsHigh rateImmune interventionDiabetes resultsControl subjectsClinical trialsPatientsT1DType 1Monoclonal antibodiesDeathTeplizumabINS DNATherapy