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ArticleClinical & developmental immunology2011

Type I diabetes-associated tolerogenic properties of interleukin-2.

Aziz Alami Chentoufi, Simon Gaudreau, Alex Nguyen, Mahmoud Sabha, Abdelaziz Amrani, Geyhad Elghazali

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Article in Clinical & developmental immunology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Aziz Alami ChentoufiDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh 11 525, P.O. Box 59046, Saudi Arabia. chentoufiaziz@hotmail.com
Simon Gaudreau
Alex Nguyen
Mahmoud Sabha
Abdelaziz Amrani
Geyhad Elghazali
King Fahd Medical City · SAUniversité de Sherbrooke · CASt. George's School · USTouro University Nevada · US

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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) results from insulin-producing beta cells destruction by diabetogenic T lymphocytes in humans and nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice. The breakdown of tolerance has been associated with a defect in the number and the function of naturally occurring regulatory T cells (nTreg) that are the master player in peripheral tolerance. Gene knockout experiments in mouse models have shown a nonredundant activity of IL-2 related to its critical role in inducing nTreg and controlling peripheral T cell tolerance. Whereas strong evidence has suggested that IL-2 is critically required for nTreg-mediated T1D control, several fundamental questions remain to be addressed. In this paper, we highlight the recent findings and controversies regarding the tolerogenic properties of IL-2 mediated through nTreg. We further discuss a potential link between the immunomodulatory role of interleukin-2 and the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes.

Indexed as

Immune ToleranceAnimalsAutoimmunityCD24 AntigenCD4 AntigensDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1HumansInterleukin-2T-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryCD24 AntigenCD4 AntigensInterleukin-2

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PMID21647403
PMCPMC3102343
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