2021
IL-10 Deficiency Accelerates Type 1 Diabetes Development via Modulation of Innate and Adaptive Immune Cells and Gut Microbiota in BDC2.5 NOD Mice
Huang J, Tan Q, Tai N, Pearson JA, Li Y, Chao C, Zhang L, Peng J, Xing Y, Zhang L, Hu Y, Zhou Z, Wong FS, Wen L. IL-10 Deficiency Accelerates Type 1 Diabetes Development via Modulation of Innate and Adaptive Immune Cells and Gut Microbiota in BDC2.5 NOD Mice. Frontiers In Immunology 2021, 12: 702955. PMID: 34394099, PMCID: PMC8362616, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.702955.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNOD miceProportion of neutrophilsT cellsGut microbiotaDiabetes developmentT cell-mediated destructionT cell receptor transgenicType 1 diabetes developmentAccelerated diabetes developmentInhibition of diabetesModulation of InnatePathogenicity of CD4Cell-mediated destructionAdaptive immune cellsObese diabetic miceT regulatory (Treg) cellsDevelopment of diabetesPrevention of diabetesActivation of CD4Modulation of neutrophilsType 1 diabetesGut microbiota compositionInsulin-producing β-cellsSevere insulitisSpontaneous diabetes
2016
The role of the innate immune system in destruction of pancreatic beta cells in NOD mice and humans with type I diabetes
Tai N, Wong FS, Wen L. The role of the innate immune system in destruction of pancreatic beta cells in NOD mice and humans with type I diabetes. Journal Of Autoimmunity 2016, 71: 26-34. PMID: 27021275, PMCID: PMC4903935, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2016.03.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPattern recognition receptorsToll-like receptorsInnate immunityCell autoimmunityAdaptive immunityHuman studiesOrgan-specific autoimmune diseasesT cell-mediated destructionΒ-cellsInsulin-producing pancreatic β-cellsDifferent pattern recognition receptorsCell-mediated destructionDevelopment of T1D.Pathogenesis of T1D.Type 1 diabetesFunctional β-cell massNovel therapeutic strategiesInnate immune responseInnate immune systemΒ-cell massPancreatic beta cellsShape adaptive immunityPancreatic β-cellsIslet β-cellsNOD mice