ArticleDiabetes2014
Nardilysin-dependent proteolysis of cell-associated VTCN1 (B7-H4) marks type 1 diabetes development.
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- Clinical Significance of B7-H4 in Peripheral Blood of Patients With Myasthenia Gravis.Journal of immunology research · 2026Article
- The Abnormal Expression of B7-H4 Is Associated With the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases.Journal of immunology research · 2026Article
- Nardilysin: classical functions and new horizons in autoimmunity.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Alteration in sB7-H4 Serum Levels and Placental Biomarker Expression after Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Early-Onset Preeclampsia Patients.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- B7H4 Role in Solid Cancers: A Review of the Literature.Cancers · 2024Review
- B7-H4 Polymorphism Influences the Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus and Pro-Atherogenic Dyslipidemia in Patients with Psoriasis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Establishment of a novel double-monoclonal antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA): tool for human B7-H4 detection in autoimmune diseases.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2021Article
- Soluble B7-CD28 Family Inhibitory Immune Checkpoint Proteins and Anti-Cancer Immunotherapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Review
- B7-H4 Inhibits the Development of Primary Sjögren's Syndrome by Regulating Treg Differentiation in NOD/Ltj Mice.Journal of immunology research · 2020Article
- The B7x Immune Checkpoint Pathway: From Discovery to Clinical Trial.Trends in pharmacological sciences · 2019Review
- Donor and host B7-H4 expression negatively regulates acute graft-versus-host disease lethality.JCI insight · 2019Article
- Altered Function of Antigen-Presenting Cells in Type 1 Diabetes: A Challenge for Antigen-Specific Immunotherapy?Diabetes · 2018Review
- Dichotomous roles of co-stimulatory molecules in diabetes mellitus.Oncotarget · 2018Review
- New B7 Family Checkpoints in Human Cancers.Molecular cancer therapeutics · 2017Review
- SheddomeDB: the ectodomain shedding database for membrane-bound shed markers.BMC bioinformatics · 2017Review
- Potential targeting of B7-H4 for the treatment of cancer.Immunological reviews · 2017Review
- Loss of Peripheral Protection in Pancreatic Islets by Proteolysis-Driven Impairment of VTCN1 (B7-H4) Presentation Is Associated with the Development of Autoimmune Diabetes.Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2016Article
- Ultrastructural localization and distribution of Nardilysin in mammalian male germ cells.Basic and clinical andrology · 2016Article
- B7-H4 as a protective shield for pancreatic islet beta cells.World journal of diabetes · 2014Review
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Abstract
T-cell responses directed against insulin-secreting pancreatic β-cells are the key events highlighting type 1 diabetes (T1D). Therefore, a defective control of T-cell activation is thought to underlie T1D development. Recent studies implicated a B7-like negative costimulatory protein, V-set domain-containing T-cell activation inhibitor-1 (VTCN1), as a molecule capable of inhibiting T-cell activation and, potentially, an important constituent in experimental models of T1D. Here, we unravel a general deficiency within the VTCN1 pathway that is shared between diabetes-prone mice and a subset of T1D patients. Gradual loss of membrane-tethered VTCN1 from antigen-presenting cells combined with an increased release of soluble VTCN1 (sVTCN1) occurs in parallel to natural T1D development, potentiating hyperproliferation of diabetogenic T cells. Mechanistically, we demonstrate that the loss of membrane-tethered VTCN1 is linked to proteolytic cleavage mediated by the metalloproteinase nardilysin. The cleaved sVTCN1 fragment was detected at high levels in the peripheral blood of 53% T1D patients compared with only 9% of the healthy subjects. Elevated blood sVTCN1 levels appeared early in the disease progression and correlated with the aggressive pace of disease, highlighting the potential use of sVTCN1 as a new T1D biomarker, and identifying nardilysin as a potential therapeutic target.
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