Combination Treatment With Anti-CD20 and Oral Anti-CD3 Prevents and Reverses Autoimmune Diabetes
Hu C, Ding H, Zhang X, Wong FS, Wen L. Combination Treatment With Anti-CD20 and Oral Anti-CD3 Prevents and Reverses Autoimmune Diabetes. Diabetes 2013, 62: 2849-2858. PMID: 23447122, PMCID: PMC3717853, DOI: 10.2337/db12-1175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cellsNOD miceB cellsT cell-mediated autoimmune diseaseB cell-directed therapiesB cell depletion therapyCell-mediated autoimmune diseaseDiabetic NOD miceTransgenic NOD miceRegulatory T cellsCD4 T cellsCell-directed therapiesAnti-CD3 treatmentType 1 diabetesCD20 monotherapyImportant preclinical evidenceDepletion therapyT1D developmentDendritic cellsIL-10Preclinical evidenceFurther mechanistic studiesAutoimmune diseasesAnti-CD20Suppressive function