2013
Specific peripheral B cell tolerance defects in patients with multiple sclerosis
Kinnunen T, Chamberlain N, Morbach H, Cantaert T, Lynch M, Preston-Hurlburt P, Herold KC, Hafler DA, O’Connor K, Meffre E. Specific peripheral B cell tolerance defects in patients with multiple sclerosis. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2013, 123: 2737-2741. PMID: 23676463, PMCID: PMC3668812, DOI: 10.1172/jci68775.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB cell tolerance checkpointsB cell tolerance defectsMultiple sclerosisRheumatoid arthritisTolerance checkpointsB cellsPeripheral B cell tolerance checkpointsTolerance defectsAutoreactive B cell clonesMature naive B cellsType 1 diabetesAutoreactive B cellsB cell toleranceCentral nervous systemNaive B cellsB cell clonesB cell selectionEarly B cell developmentIPEX patientsMost patientsTreg functionHomeostatic proliferationAutoimmune diseasesPatientsHealthy individuals
2012
Enhanced Anti-Serpin Antibody Activity Inhibits Autoimmune Inflammation in Type 1 Diabetes
Czyzyk J, Henegariu O, Preston-Hurlburt P, Baldzizhar R, Fedorchuk C, Esplugues E, Bottomly K, Gorus FK, Herold K, Flavell RA. Enhanced Anti-Serpin Antibody Activity Inhibits Autoimmune Inflammation in Type 1 Diabetes. The Journal Of Immunology 2012, 188: 6319-6327. PMID: 22593614, PMCID: PMC3370061, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1200467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutoimmune diabetes-prone NOD miceDiabetes-prone NOD miceHuman type 1 diabetesAnti-insulin autoantibodiesOnset of diabetesProtective humoral immunityType 1 diabetesNOD miceAutoimmune inflammationIslet inflammationNOD modelSuboptimal doseAutoimmune diseasesHumoral immunityImmunological toleranceT cellsHumoral activityType 1Early onsetDiabetesElevated levelsClade B serpinsAutoantibodiesInflammationProtease inhibitors
1991
On the complexity of self
Rudensky A, Rath S, Preston-Hurlburt P, Murphy D, Janeway C. On the complexity of self. Nature 1991, 353: 660-662. PMID: 1656278, DOI: 10.1038/353660a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMHC class II moleculesClass II moleculesSelf peptidesT cellsY-AeSelf MHC class II moleculesCD4 T cellsMajor histocompatibility complex moleculesMHC class IIMHC class II complexesHistocompatibility complex moleculesClass II complexesIntrathymic selectionSelf antigensIntrathymic developmentNovel MHCClass II