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 …

Latent autoimmune diabetes of the adult: current knowledge and uncertainty

E Laugesen, JA Østergaard, RDG Leslie… - Diabetic …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Patients with adult‐onset autoimmune diabetes have less Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA)‐
associated genetic risk and fewer diabetes‐associated autoantibodies compared with …

First genome-wide association study of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults reveals novel insights linking immune and metabolic diabetes

DL Cousminer, E Ahlqvist, R Mishra… - Diabetes …, 2018 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) shares clinical features with both
type 1 and type 2 diabetes; however, there is ongoing debate regarding the precise …

NK cells in autoimmune diseases: Linking innate and adaptive immune responses

E Gianchecchi, DV Delfino, A Fierabracci - Autoimmunity Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The pathogenesis of autoimmunity remains to be fully elucidated, although the contribution
of genetic and environmental factors is generally recognized. Despite autoimmune …

Natural killer cell function, an important target for infection and tumor protection, is impaired in type 2 diabetes

J Berrou, S Fougeray, M Venot, V Chardiny, JF Gautier… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Patients with Type 2 diabetes (T2D) are highly susceptible to infection and have an
increased incidence of some tumors, possibly due to immune system dysfunction. In the …

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

C Deng, Y Xiang, 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 …

RAB11FIP5 expression and altered natural killer cell function are associated with induction of HIV broadly neutralizing antibody responses

T Bradley, D Peppa, I Pedroza-Pacheco, D Li, DW Cain… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) are difficult to induce with vaccines but are
generated in∼ 50% of HIV-1-infected individuals. Understanding the molecular …

Short-term and long-term leptin exposure differentially affect human natural killer cell immune functions

CD Wrann, T Laue, L Hübner… - American Journal …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
Epidemiological studies have indicated that obesity is associated with a higher risk for
certain cancers caused by elevated levels of adipocyte-derived hormones. Leptin, one such …

Natural killer cells as key mediators in type I diabetes immunopathology

G Gardner, CA Fraker - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The immunopathology of type I diabetes (T1D) presents a complicated case in part because
of the multifactorial origin of this disease. Typically, T1D is thought to occur as a result of …

Pathogenetic factors involved in recurrent pregnancy loss from multiple aspects

CZ Pei, YJ Kim, KH Baek - Obstetrics & gynecology science, 2019 - synapse.koreamed.org
Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is a common complication in obstetrics, affecting about 5%
of women of childbearing age. An increase in the number of abortions results in escalation …