2015
Maternal Antibiotic Treatment Protects Offspring from Diabetes Development in Nonobese Diabetic Mice by Generation of Tolerogenic APCs
Hu Y, Peng J, Tai N, Hu C, Zhang X, Wong FS, Wen L. Maternal Antibiotic Treatment Protects Offspring from Diabetes Development in Nonobese Diabetic Mice by Generation of Tolerogenic APCs. The Journal Of Immunology 2015, 195: 4176-4184. PMID: 26401004, PMCID: PMC4765177, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500884.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNOD miceTolerogenic APCsDiabetes developmentT cell-mediated autoimmune diseaseDiabetogenic CD8 T cellsCell-mediated autoimmune diseasePolymyxin BCD8 T cellsNonobese diabetic (NOD) miceType 1 diabetesHost immune systemIslet β-cellsAutoimmune diabetesDifferent time pointsImmune toleranceDiabetic miceAutoimmune diseasesProfound protectionT cellsImmune responseProtective effectCommensal microbiotaGut microbiotaSusceptible individualsCommensal bacteria
2010
The role of TLR3 in protection of diabetes by PolyI:C in NOD mice (136.31)
Xiang Y, Wen L, Zhou Z, Wong F. The role of TLR3 in protection of diabetes by PolyI:C in NOD mice (136.31). The Journal Of Immunology 2010, 184: 136.31-136.31. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.184.supp.136.31.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRole of TLR3Adoptive transferProtective effectDiabetes developmentNon-hematopoietic cellsNOD micePoly IYoung WTBone marrow chimera experimentsOnset of diabetesAdoptive transfer modelExpression of TLR3Diabetic wild typeC administrationTLR3Chimera experimentsPolyIMiceRecipientsTreatmentDiabetesDisease developmentExogenous treatmentNODCells
1997
Inhibition of Diabetes by an Insulin-Reactive CD4 T-Cell Clone in the Nonobese Diabetic Mouse
Zekzer D, Wong F, Wen L, Altieri M, Gurlo T, von Grafenstein H, Sherwin R. Inhibition of Diabetes by an Insulin-Reactive CD4 T-Cell Clone in the Nonobese Diabetic Mouse. Diabetes 1997, 46: 1124-1132. PMID: 9200646, DOI: 10.2337/diab.46.7.1124.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdoptive TransferAnimalsCattleCD4 AntigensCell Adhesion MoleculesClone CellsCytokinesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Disease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugFemaleFlow CytometryInsulinMiceMice, Inbred NODPolymerase Chain ReactionRatsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaRNASpecific Pathogen-Free OrganismsTh1 CellsConceptsNOD miceDiabetic splenocytesIslet supernatantAdoptive transferDiabetic miceCD4 T-cell clonesInhibition of diabetesInjection of splenocytesPancreatic lymph nodesNonobese diabetic (NOD) miceAnti-transforming growthT cell clonesTh1 cell linesT cell receptorNOD isletsNOD splenocytesSpontaneous diabetesInsulin therapyLymph nodesAntibody treatmentTh1 cellsProtective effectDiabetesB chain peptideSplenocytes