The importance of the Non Obese Diabetic (NOD) mouse model in autoimmune diabetes

JA Pearson, FS Wong, L Wen - Journal of autoimmunity, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease characterized by the pancreatic
infiltration of immune cells resulting in T cell-mediated destruction of the insulin-producing …

Immune and pancreatic β cell interactions in type 1 diabetes

J Boldison, FS Wong - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2016 - cell.com
The autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic islet β cells is due to a targeted lymphocyte
attack. Different T cell subsets communicate with each other and with the insulin-producing β …

Altered peripheral B-lymphocyte subsets in type 1 diabetes and latent autoimmune diabetes in adults

C Deng, Y **ang, T Tan, Z Ren, C Cao, G Huang… - Diabetes …, 2016 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE B lymphocytes play an important role in the immunopathogenesis of
autoimmune diabetes. We hypothesized that the altered B-cell subset phenotype is …

Revealing the specificity of regulatory T cells in murine autoimmune diabetes

A Spence, W Purtha, J Tam, S Dong… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) control organ-specific autoimmunity in a tissue antigen-specific
manner, yet little is known about their specificity in a natural repertoire. In this study, we used …

IL-10 Deficiency Accelerates Type 1 Diabetes Development via Modulation of Innate and Adaptive Immune Cells and Gut Microbiota in BDC2.5 NOD Mice

J Huang, Q Tan, N Tai, JA Pearson, Y Li… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease caused by T cell-mediated destruction of insulin-
producing β cells. BDC2. 5 T cells in BDC2. 5 CD4+ T cell receptor transgenic Non-Obese …

Transient B cell depletion or improved transgene expression by codon optimization promote tolerance to factor VIII in gene therapy

BK Sack, S Merchant, DM Markusic, AC Nathwani… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The major complication in the treatment of hemophilia A is the development of neutralizing
antibodies (inhibitors) against factor VIII (FVIII). The current method for eradicating inhibitors …

Interleukin-5 Supports the Expansion of Fas Ligand-Expressing Killer B Cells that Induce Antigen-Specific Apoptosis of CD4+ T Cells and Secrete Interleukin-10

MW Klinker, TJ Reed, DA Fox, SK Lundy - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Beyond their critical role in humoral immunity, B lymphocytes can employ a variety of
immunomodulatory mechanisms including expression of the apoptosis-inducing molecule …

Mechanisms by which B cells and regulatory T cells influence development of murine organ-specific autoimmune diseases

JS Ellis, H Braley-Mullen - Journal of clinical medicine, 2017 - mdpi.com
Experiments with B cell-deficient (B−/−) mice indicate that a number of autoimmune
diseases require B cells in addition to T cells for their development. Using B−/− Non-obese …

Combination treatment with anti-CD20 and oral anti-CD3 prevents and reverses autoimmune diabetes

C Hu, H Ding, X Zhang, FS Wong, L Wen - Diabetes, 2013 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a T cell–mediated autoimmune disease, although B cells also play
an important role in T1D development. Both T cell–and B cell–directed immunotherapies …

B cell depletion reduces T cell activation in pancreatic islets in a murine autoimmune diabetes model

LC Da Rosa, J Boldison, E De Leenheer, J Davies… - Diabetologia, 2018 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Type 1 diabetes is a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease characterised by
the destruction of beta cells in the islets of Langerhans, resulting in deficient insulin …