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(Journal Article): Autoreactive T cell responses show proinflammatory polarization in diabetes but a regulatory phenotype in health
Arif S, Tree TI, Astill TP, Tremble JM, Bishop AJ, Dayan CM, Roep BO, Peakman M (Department of Immunobiology, Guy's, King's and St. Thomas' School of Medicine, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London, United Kingdom,
mark.peakman@kcl.ac.uk
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J Clin Invest
2004; 113(3):451-463
Impact Factor(s) of J Clin Invest: 14.204 (2004), 14.307 (2003), 14.118 (2001)
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ABSTRACT: According to the quality of response they mediate, autoreactive T cells recognizing islet beta cell peptides could represent both disease effectors in the development of type 1 diabetes (T1DM) and directors of tolerance in nondiabetic individuals or those undergoing preventative immunotherapy. A combination of the rarity of these cells, inadequate technology, and poorly defined epitopes, however, has hampered examination of this paradigm. We have identified a panel of naturally processed islet epitopes by direct elution from APCs bearing HLA-DR4. Employing these epitopes in a sensitive, novel cytokine enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot assay, we show that the quality of autoreactive T cells in patients with T1DM exhibits extreme polarization toward a proinflammatory Th1 phenotype. Furthermore, we demonstrate that rather than being unresponsive, the majority of nondiabetic, HLA-matched control subjects also manifest a response against islet peptides, but one that shows extreme T regulatory cell (Treg, IL-10-secreting) bias. We conclude that development of T1DM depends on the balance of autoreactive Th1 and Treg cells, which may be open to favorable manipulation by immune intervention.
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