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
2013
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