2015
A Preclinical Consortium Approach for Assessing the Efficacy of Combined Anti-CD3 Plus IL-1 Blockade in Reversing New-Onset Autoimmune Diabetes in NOD Mice
Gill RG, Pagni PP, Kupfer T, Wasserfall CH, Deng S, Posgai A, Manenkova Y, Hani A, Straub L, Bernstein P, Atkinson MA, Herold KC, von Herrath M, Staeva T, Ehlers MR, Nepom GT. A Preclinical Consortium Approach for Assessing the Efficacy of Combined Anti-CD3 Plus IL-1 Blockade in Reversing New-Onset Autoimmune Diabetes in NOD Mice. Diabetes 2015, 65: 1310-1316. PMID: 26718498, PMCID: PMC5860426, DOI: 10.2337/db15-0492.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAutoimmune DiseasesBiomedical ResearchCD3 ComplexDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Drug Administration ScheduleDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleImmunoglobulin Fab FragmentsImmunotherapyInsulinInsulin SecretionInsulin-Secreting CellsInterleukin-1 Receptor Accessory ProteinInterleukin-1betaMice, Inbred NODMulticenter Studies as TopicPilot ProjectsReceptors, Interleukin-1 Type IRecombinant Fusion ProteinsReproducibility of ResultsResearch DesignSpecific Pathogen-Free OrganismsUnited StatesConceptsNew-onset diseaseIL-1 blockadeAnti-CD3 treatmentNOD micePreclinical studiesInterleukin-1IL-1β monoclonal antibodyIslet β-cell massNOD mouse modelImmune Tolerance NetworkType 1 diabetesΒ-cell massApplicable immunotherapiesFuture clinical useStudy entryProspective studyClinical trialsMouse modelMulticenter consortiumAnimal modelsCandidate therapeuticsClinical useTherapeutic agentsMonoclonal antibodiesDisease
2011
Regulatory T Cells Require Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Signaling To Maintain Both Homeostasis and Alloantigen-Driven Proliferation in Lymphocyte-Replete Mice
Wang Y, Camirand G, Lin Y, Froicu M, Deng S, Shlomchik WD, Lakkis FG, Rothstein DM. Regulatory T Cells Require Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Signaling To Maintain Both Homeostasis and Alloantigen-Driven Proliferation in Lymphocyte-Replete Mice. The Journal Of Immunology 2011, 186: 2809-2818. PMID: 21270412, PMCID: PMC5584652, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0903805.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell ProliferationCell SurvivalGene Knock-In TechniquesHomeostasisIsoantigensLymphocyte ActivationLymphocyte CountLymphocyte DepletionLymphoid TissueMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLSignal TransductionSirolimusSkin TransplantationT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesConceptsPercent of TregRegulatory T cellsHost disease modelT cellsTolerogenic agentsMammalian targetConversion of TregsEffect of RapaFoxp3(-) T cellsNumber of TregsSolid organ transplantationDisease modelsAlloantigen-induced proliferationWild-type miceRAPA therapyTreg depletionTreg survivalCD4 cellsLymphopenic hostsImmunosuppressive drugsTregsOrgan transplantationAnimal modelsBaseline numberTconv