2021
Tet2 Controls the Responses of β cells to Inflammation in Autoimmune Diabetes
Rui J, Deng S, Perdigoto AL, Ponath G, Kursawe R, Lawlor N, Sumida T, Levine-Ritterman M, Stitzel ML, Pitt D, Lu J, Herold KC. Tet2 Controls the Responses of β cells to Inflammation in Autoimmune Diabetes. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 5074. PMID: 34417463, PMCID: PMC8379260, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25367-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune cellsΒ-cellsNOD/SCID recipientsDiabetogenic immune cellsDiabetogenic T cellsBone marrow transplantType 1 diabetesExpression of TET2Human β-cellsIslet infiltratesSCID recipientsMarrow transplantInflammatory pathwaysTransfer of diseaseT cellsInflammatory genesImmune killingPathologic interactionsReduced expressionDiabetesInflammationTET2MiceRecipientsCells
2018
Enhanced astrocyte responses are driven by a genetic risk allele associated with multiple sclerosis
Ponath G, Lincoln MR, Levine-Ritterman M, Park C, Dahlawi S, Mubarak M, Sumida T, Airas L, Zhang S, Isitan C, Nguyen TD, Raine CS, Hafler DA, Pitt D. Enhanced astrocyte responses are driven by a genetic risk allele associated with multiple sclerosis. Nature Communications 2018, 9: 5337. PMID: 30559390, PMCID: PMC6297228, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07785-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple sclerosisAstrocyte responseRisk variantsLocal autoimmune inflammationPeripheral immune cellsCentral nervous system cellsPeripheral immune systemCultured human astrocytesNervous system cellsNF-ÎşB signalingCNS accessDysfunctional lymphocytesAstroglial functionAutoimmune inflammationLymphocytic infiltrateLymphocyte recruitmentImmune cellsGenetic risk allelesGenetic risk variantsMS lesionsMS susceptibilityHuman astrocytesLesion sizeImmune systemSystem cells
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