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 …

Humanized mice in translational biomedical research

LD Shultz, F Ishikawa, DL Greiner - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2007 - nature.com
The culmination of decades of research on humanized mice is leading to advances in our
understanding of human haematopoiesis, innate and adaptive immunity, autoimmunity …

Generation of functional human T-cell subsets with HLA-restricted immune responses in HLA class I expressing NOD/SCID/IL2rγnull humanized mice

LD Shultz, Y Saito, Y Najima… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Whereas humanized mouse models have contributed significantly to human immunology
research, human T cells developing in mouse thymic environment fail to demonstrate HLA …

Antigen targets of type 1 diabetes autoimmunity

BO Roep, M Peakman - Cold Spring …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Type 1 diabetes is characterized by recognition of one or more β-cell proteins by the
immune system. The list of target antigens in this disease is ever increasing and it is …

The role of NOD mice in type 1 diabetes research: lessons from the past and recommendations for the future

YG Chen, CE Mathews, JP Driver - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
For more than 35 years, the NOD mouse has been the primary animal model for studying
autoimmune diabetes. During this time, striking similarities to the human disease have been …

Translational mini-review series on type 1 diabetes: systematic analysis of T cell epitopes in autoimmune diabetes

TP Di Lorenzo, M Peakman… - Clinical & Experimental …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
T cell epitopes represent the molecular code words through which the adaptive immune
system communicates. In the context of a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease such as type …

Simultaneous Detection of Circulating Autoreactive CD8+ T-Cells Specific for Different Islet Cell–Associated Epitopes Using Combinatorial MHC Multimers

JH Velthuis, WW Unger, JRF Abreu, G Duinkerken… - Diabetes, 2010 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Type 1 diabetes results from selective T-cell–mediated destruction of the insulin-
producing β-cells in the pancreas. In this process, islet epitope–specific CD8+ T-cells play a …

Mouse models for the study of autoimmune type 1 diabetes: a NOD to similarities and differences to human disease

JP Driver, DV Serreze, YG Chen - Seminars in immunopathology, 2011 - Springer
For almost 30 years, the non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse has served as the primary model
for dissecting the genetic and pathogenic basis for T-lymphocyte-mediated autoimmune type …

CD8+ T-Cell Responses Identify β-Cell Autoimmunity in Human Type 1 Diabetes

R Mallone, E Martinuzzi, P Blancou, G Novelli… - Diabetes, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Despite the understanding that type 1 diabetes pathogenesis is mediated by T-cells,
detection of these rare lymphocytes remains largely elusive. Suitable T-cell assays are …

CD8+ T cells in type 1 diabetes

S Tsai, A Shameli, P Santamaria - Advances in immunology, 2008 - Elsevier
Abstract Type 1 diabetes (T1D), an autoimmune disease once thought to be mediated
exclusively by β cell-specific CD4+ T cells, is now recognized as one in which autoreactive …