T cells in health and disease

L Sun, Y Su, A Jiao, X Wang, B Zhang - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
T cells are crucial for immune functions to maintain health and prevent disease. T cell
development occurs in a stepwise process in the thymus and mainly generates CD4+ and …

The link between circulating follicular helper T cells and autoimmunity

LSK Walker - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Follicular helper T (TFH) cells provide help to B cells, supporting the formation of germinal
centres that allow affinity maturation of antibody responses. Although usually located in …

Current and future therapies for type 1 diabetes

BJ von Scholten, FF Kreiner, SCL Gough… - Diabetologia, 2021 - Springer
In type 1 diabetes, insulin remains the mature therapeutic cornerstone; yet, the increasing
number of individuals developing type 1 diabetes (predominantly children and adolescents) …

NK cells in autoimmune diseases: protective or pathogenic?

M Liu, S Liang, C Zhang - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Autoimmune diseases generally result from the loss of self-tolerance (ie, failure of the
immune system to distinguish self from non-self), and are characterized by autoantibody …

Islet expression of type I interferon response sensors is associated with immune infiltration and viral infection in type 1 diabetes

PS Apaolaza, D Balcacean, J Zapardiel-Gonzalo… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Previous results indicate the presence of an interferon (IFN) signature in type 1 diabetes
(T1D), capable of inducing chronic inflammation and compromising b cell function. Here, we …

COVID-19 as a trigger for type 1 diabetes

Y Wang, H Guo, G Wang, J Zhai… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is usually caused by immune-mediated destruction of islet β
cells, and genetic and environmental factors are thought to trigger autoimmunity. Convincing …

Association Between Enterovirus Infection and Type 1 Diabetes Risk: A Meta-Analysis of 38 Case-Control Studies

K Wang, F Ye, Y Chen, J Xu, Y Zhao… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objective The association between enterovirus infection and type 1 diabetes (T1D) is
controversial, and this meta-analysis aimed to explore the correlation. Methods PubMed …

Caring for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus: Italian Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (ISPED) statements during COVID-19 …

G d'Annunzio, C Maffeis, V Cherubini, I Rabbone… - diabetes research and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Aims Our study aimed to review the impact of COVID-19 pandemia in children and
adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus, to analyze the clinical characteristics of the …

Localization of enteroviral RNA within the pancreas in donors with T1D and T1D-associated autoantibodies

S Geravandi, S Richardson, A Pugliese, K Maedler - Cell Reports Medicine, 2021 - cell.com
Enteroviral infections have been associated with autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes (T1D),
but reliable methods to ascertain localization of single infected cells in the pancreas were …

Genetic and environmental interaction in type 1 diabetes: a relationship between genetic risk alleles and molecular traits of enterovirus infection?

M Blanter, H Sork, S Tuomela… - Current diabetes …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We provide an overview of the current knowledge regarding the
natural history of human type 1 diabetes (T1D) and the documented associations between …