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